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HISTORICAL
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THE
PHARMACOPOEIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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In the General Medical Convention, held, in the Capitol at
Washington, January, 1820 —
Resolved that
Lyman Spalding,
Thomas T. Hewson,
Eli Ives,
Ei.isha De Butts,
Jacob Bigei.ow,
Be constituted a Committee whose duty it shall be to prepare
for the Press the National Pharmacopoeia agreed on in this Con-
vention.
SAMUEL L. MITCHELL, President.
THOS. T. HEWSON, Secretary.
The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America, is now
published agreeably to the vote of the General Convention.
L. SPALDING,
Chairman of the Committee of Publication*
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.
As the authority and future usefulness of the Ame-
rican Pharmacopoeia is connected with the manner in
which this work has been formed ; and as the extent
of its adoption will probably be commensurate with
that of the sources, from which it has emanated ; it is
proper to lay before the public an historical account
of its origin, growth, and completion.
In January, 1817, Dr. Lyman Spalding submitted
to the New York County Medical Society, a project
for the formation of a National Pharmacopoeia, by
the authority of all the medical societies and medical
schools in the United States. The plan proposed
was, 1. That a convention should be called in each
of the four grand divisions of the United States, to be
composed of delegates from all the medical societies
and schools. 2. That each district convention should
form a Pharmacopoeia, and elect delegates to meet
in general convention in the city of Washington,
on the first of January, 1820. 3. That the gene-
ral convention should, from the district Pharmaco-
poeias, form the national work. In the county medi-
cal society it was referred to a committee, who, after
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having corresponded with several of the leading me-
dical men in each state, reported a set of resolutions,
which were submitted to the medical society of the
state of New York in February, 1818, and by them
adopted and ordered to be carried into execution by a
committee appointed for the purpose. The purport
of these resolutions was as follows ,
That it is expedient that a Pharmacopoeia should
be formed for the use of the United States.
That the several incorporated state medical socie-
ties, the several incorporated colleges of physicians
and surgeons, or medical schools ; and such medical
bodies as constitute a faculty in any incorporated
university or college in the United States, should be
respectfully invited to unite in the formation of the
American Pharmacopoeia ; and in case there should
be any state or territory in the Union, in which there
is no incorporated medical society, medical college, or
school ; that voluntary associations of physicians and
surgeons, in such state or territory, be respectfully
invited to unite in this undertaking.
That to form an American Pharmacopoeia, it is
expedient to divide the United States and territories
into four districts, viz. the northern, middle, southern,
and western.
That a convention be called in each of these dis-
tricts.
That each state medical society, college of physi-
cians and surgeons, medical school, faculty of medi-
cine, and voluntary association, as before described,
be invited to appoint one or more delegates to me*t
in a district convention.
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. 7.
That each district convention form a Pharmaco-
poeia, or select one in general use, and make therein
such alterations and additions as shall adapt it to the
present state of medical science.
That each district convention be requested to ap-
point one or more delegates, to meet in a general con-
vention, and submit to the same their Pharmaco-
poeias.
That it be recommended to each medical society,
&c. to defray the expenses of its own delegation, and
its proportion of the expenses of the district conven-
tion.
That the general convention be held in the city of
Washington on the first day of January, A. D. 1820,
for the purpose of compiling the American Pharma-
copoeia from those Pharmacopoeias which may be
presented by the district conventions.
That the general convention adopt a plan for re-
vising the American Pharmacopoeia at the end of
every ten years, and that no alteration be made there-
in except at those periods, and then only by the au-
thority aforesaid.
That it be recommended to every medical society,
&c. to adopt the American Pharmacopoeia, and en-
courage the use of it by all druggists and apothe-
caries.
That the general convention sell, for ten years, the
copy right of the American Pharmacopoeia.
That the general convention defray their expenses
out of the proceeds of the sale, and divide the surplus
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if any remain, equally among all the societies, &c.
which were represented in the district conventions.
That this Society do now appoint David Hosack,
M. D. ; J. R. B. Rodgers, M. D. ; Samuel L. Mit-
chell, M. D. ; John Stearns, M. D. ; John Watts,
jun. M. D. ; T. Romeyn Beck, M. D. ; Lyman Spald-
ing, M. D. ; Wright Post, M. D. ; and Alexander H.
Stevens, M. D. delegates to meet in district conven-
tion, for the purpose of forming a Pharmacopoeia.
That the delegates appointed by this Society be a
special committee to correspond with all the incorpo-
rated state medical societies, &c. in the Union, and
such influential medical men as they may deem
proper.
That if a majority of the incorporated state medi-
cal societies, incorporated medical colleges, medical
schools, and faculties of medicine, in the United
States, approve of the formation of an American
Pharmacopoeia ; that it be undertaken.
That when it shall be ascertained that a majority
of the societies, &c. approve of the formation of a
Pharmacopoeia, the special committee of correspon-
dence of the New York State Medical Society shall
give public notice, as well as notice to all incorporat-
ed state medical societies, &c. that an American Phar-
macopoeia will be formed.
That hi order to fix on times and places for holding
the several district conventions, the special committee
of correspondence be directed to request the several
societies, &c. to name what time and place, in their
opinion, would be most convenient for the meeting of
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. 9
the convention in their district ; and when the forma-
tion of a Pharmacopoeia is agreed on, that the afore-
said committee transmit to each society, &c. thejiames
of the several places in their district, and the times
which have been mentioned, and point out what time
and place have the most votes, and submit to the se-
veral societies, &c. if such time and place would be
most convenient.
That this society would propose the first day of
June, A. D. 1819, and the city of Philadelphia, as a
convenient time and place, for the meeting of the con-
vention, in the district known by the name of the
middle states.
The committee appointed by the New York me-
dical society, on the 4th of March, 1818, issued cir-
culars to the several corporate bodies and individuals
designated in their commission. In reply to their first
circular, information was received early in November,
1818, that the design of forming a National Pharma-
copoeia had met the approbation of a majority of the
medical associations in the United States, and that
they had appointed delegates to attend the district
conventions. This intelligence was announced in a
second circular, inviting the said associations to desig-
nate a time and place for the meeting of each of the
district conventions : and in conformity therewith, the
following places were designated, viz. Boston, Phila-
delphia, Columbia, S. C. and Lexington, Kentucky.
The Vermont medical society at their annual
meeting held in October, 1818, approved the forma-
tion of a National Pharmacopoeia, and appointed Se-
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lah Gridley, M. D. and Erastus Torrey, M. D. their
delegates.
The New Hampshire medical society approved
the formation of a National Pharmacopoeia on the 5th
of May, 1819, and appointed the following delegates.
Reuben D. Mussey, M. D. ; Eben. Learned, M. D. ;
Matthias Spaulding, M. D. ; and John P. Batchel-
der, M. D.
The Massachusetts medical society concurred in
the formation of a National Pharmacopoeia on the
2d day of June, 1818. They appointed John C.
Warren, M. D. ; John Gorham, M. D. ; Jacob Bige-
low, M. D. ; James Thacher, M. D. ; and George C.
Shattuck, M. D. their delegates.
The Rhode Island Medical society at their an-
nual meeting held on the first of September, 1818,
concurred in the formation of a National Pharmaco-
poeia, and appointed Solomon Drowne, M. D. their
delegate.
The medical faculty of Brown University ap-
proved of the formation of a National Pharmacopoeia
on the 15th of March, 1819, and appointed William
Ingalls, M. D. their delegate.
The Connecticut medical society approved the
design of forming a National Pharmacopoeia, and on
the 15th of October, 1818, appointed Eli Ives, M, D.;
and William Tully, M. D. their delegates.
The faculty of the medical institution of Yale Col-
lege on the 28th of October, 1818, approved the for-
mation of an American Pharmacopoeia, and appoint-
ed Nathan Smith, M. D. ; and Eli Ives, M. D. their
delegates.
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The college of physicians and surgeons of the
western district of the state of New York, in Jan-
uary, 1819, approved the formation of an American
Pharmacopoeia, and appointed Lyman Spalding,
M. D. their delegate.
The college of physicians and surgeons in the city
of New York on the 25th of June, 1818, approved
the formation of the American Pharmacopoeia, and
appointed William James Mac Neven, M. D. ; John
W. Francis, M. D. ; and Valentine Mott, M. D. their
delegates.
The medical society of New Jersey on the 11th
of May, 1819, approved the formation of an Ameri-
can Pharmacopoeia and appointed Charles Smith,
M. D. and John Vancleve, M. D. their delegates.
The college of physicians of Philadelphia, on the
2d day of February, 1819, approved the proposal for
the formation of a National Pharmacopoeia, and ap-
pointed Thomas Parke, M. D. ; Samuel P. Grif-
fiths, M. D. ; Thomas C. James, M. D. ; Thomas
T. Hewson, M. D. ; Edwin A. Atlee, M. D. ; Sa-
muel Stewart, M. D. ; and Joseph Parrish, M. D.
their delegates.
The medical society of the state of Delaware, in
May, 1819, approved the formation of the national
work, and appointed Joseph B. Harris, M. D. , Al-
lan M'Lane, jun. M. D. , and William Baldwin, M. D.
their delegates.
At the annual convention of the medical and chi-
rurgical faculty of Maryland, in June, 1818. That
body approved the formation of an American Phar-
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macopceia, and appointed Nathaniel Potter, M. D. ;
Elisha De Butts, M. D. ; Samuel Baker, M. D. ;
Henry Wilkins, M. D.; and Ennalls Martin, M. D.
their delegates.
The medical society of the district of Columbia,
on the 5th of October, 1818, concurred in the plan
for a National Pharmacopoeia, and appointed J. T.
ShearTe, M. D. ; Thomas Sim, M. D. ; Henry Huntt,
M. D. ; and Thomas Henderson, M. D. their dele-
gates.
The medical school at Lexington, Ky. approved
the formation of a National Pharmacopoeia, in April,
1819, and appointed B. W. Dudley, M. D. ; and W.
H. Richardson, M. D. their delegates.
The medical college of Ohio approved the forma-
tion of the American Pharmacopoeia, in July, 1819,
but on account of the infancy of their institution,
which had not then gone into complete operation,
they did not think proper to appoint delegates.
The board of physicians and surgeons of the first
medical district of the state of Indiana on the 3d of
November, 1818, concurred in the formation of
an American Pharmacopoeia, and appointed Elias
M'Narnee, M. D. ; L. S. Shaler, M. D. ; D. M.
Hale, M. D. ; W. C. Whittesley, M. D. ; and Philip
Barton, M. D. a committee to appoint delegates, &c.
The medical society of South Carolina, in Sep-
tember, 1818, approved the design of the American
Pharmacopoeia, and appointed Joseph Johnson, M. D. ;
John S. Trescott, M. D. ; and James Moultrie, Jun.
M. D. their delegates.
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The medical society of Georgia approved the for-
mation of the National Pharmacopoeia in May, 1819,
and appointed Joel Abbot, M. D. ; William Terrill,
M. D. ; J. B. Read, M. D. ; and Jonas Cutter, M. D.
their delegates.
The medical society of New Orleans approved in
September, 1819, of the formation of the American
Pharmacopoeia, but their extreme distance from the
place of meeting of either of the counties prevented
them from sending delegates.
The delegates appointed to the district convention
for the eastern states assembled in the Massachusetts
Medical College at Boston, on the first day of June,
1819. At this meeting were present delegates from
the medical societies of New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and from
Brown University. The meeting was organized by
the choice of John C. Warren, M. D. as chairman ;
and Jacob Bigelow, M. D. as secretary. A plan for
a Pharmacopoeia submitted by the delegates from
Massachusetts, was taken up, and after being duly re-
vised and amended, was adopted by this convention
as their Pharmacopoeia. Eli Ives, M. D. ; and Ja-
cob Bigelow, M. D. were appointed delegates to
represent this convention in the general convention at
Washington.
The district convention for the middle states met
in the chamber of the College of Physicians in Phila-
delphia, on the first day of June, 1819. At this
meeting were present delegates from the college of
physicians of Philadelphia, the medical society of the
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state of New York, the college of physicians and
surgeons of the city of New York ; the college of
physicians and surgeons of the western district of New
York ; the New Jersey medical society ; the medical
and chirurgical faculty of Maryland ; the medical
society of Delaware ; and the medical society of the
District of Columbia. Thomas Parke, M. D. was
chosen president; Samuel L. Mitchell, M. D. vice
president ; Lyman Spalding, M. D., and Samuel
Baker, M. D. secretaries. Two outlines of Pharma-
copoeias were submitted by the delegates from New
York and Philadelphia, out of which the committee
proceeded to form one, which was adopted as their
Pharmacopoeia. The following gentlemen, viz. Sam-
uel L. Mitchell, M. D. ; Lyman Spalding, M. D. ;
Alex. H. Stevens, M. D. ; John Watts, M. D. ;
Thomas T. Hewson, M. D. , Thomas Parke, M. D. ;
Allan M'Lane, M. D. ; Elisha De Butts, M. D. ;
Samuel Baker, M. D. ; and Henry Huntt, M. D.
were appointed delegates to the General Convention
at Washington.
A quorum not being formed at the time and place
designated for the meeting of the southern district
convention, subsequent measures were taken by those
concerned, to secure effectually the representation of
that district in the General Convention at Wash-
ington.
The General Convention for the formation of the
American Pharmacopoeia assembled in the Capitol at
Washington, on the first day of January, 1820, and
elected Samuel L. Mitchell, M. D. as their presi-
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. 15
dent ; and Thomas T. Hewson, M. D. as secretary.
At this meeting, the northern, middle and southern
districts were represented. Two Pharmacopoeias,
being those prepared in the northern and middle dis-
tricts were submitted to examination by the respec-
tive delegates from those sections of the country.
These works were duly examined and compared in
detail, and their contents, with such additions as were
thought necessary, consolidated into one work, which
after full revision, was adopted by the General Con-
vention as the American Pharmacopoeia, and ordered
to be published by a committee appointed for that
purpose.
With a view to the future revision and republica-
tion of the Pharmacopoeia, the following resolutions
were adopted previously to the adjournment of the
Convention.
Resolved, That in case of the death, resignation or
inability to act, of the president of this Convention,
that the secretary shall forthwith issue writs of elec-
tion to the several delegates of this convention, who
by written ballots addressed to him may elect another
president.
Resolved, That in case of the death, &c. of the se-
cretary, the president shall cause another to be elect-
ed as above described.
Resolved, That the president of this Convention
shall, on the first of January, 1828, issue writs of
election to the several incorporated state medical so-
cieties, &c. in the northern district, requiring them to
ballot for three delegates to a General Convention to
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be held at Washington on the first of January, 1830,
for the purpose of revising the American Pharmaco-
poeia ; and that these several institutions be requested
to forward to the president, on or before the first day of
April, 18J9, the names of three persons thus designated
by ballot ; and the president of the Convention is here-
by requested, on the said day, to assort and count the
said votes, and to notify the three persons who shall
have the greatest number of votes of their election ;
and in case there should not be three persons who
have a greater number of votes than others, then the
said president is desired to put a ballot into the box
for each of those persons who have an equal number
of votes, and draw therefrom such number of ballots
as shall make the number of delegates three, and
notify as before.
This resolution to apply in like manner to the mid-
dle, southern and western districts.
In case neither of the delegates from a district can
attend, it shall be the duty of such delegates to ap-
point a substitute who can attend.
Whereas the progressive improvements in medicine,
as well as other causes, may render it expedient to
revise the Pharmacopoeia at an earlier period than is
expressed above ; it shall be the duty of the president
to call the attention of the medical societies and col-
leges to the subject, whenever in his opinion the pub-
lic good may require it.
PREFACE.
It is the object of a Pharmacopoeia to select from
among substances which possess medicinal power,
those, the utility of which is most fully established
and best understood ; and to form from them prepara-
tions and compositions, in which their powers may
be exerted to the greatest advantage. It should like-
wise distinguish those articles by convenient and defi-
nite names, such as may prevent trouble or uncertainty
in the intercourse of physicians and apothecaries.
The value of a Pharmacopoeia depends upon the
fidelity with which it conforms to the best state of
medical knowledge of the day. Its usefulness de-
pends upon the sanction it receives from the medical
community and the public ; and the extent to which
it governs the language and practice of those for
whose use it is intended.
In most European countries works of this kind
have appeared under the authority of medical colleges
and corporations. Their usefulness has generally been
co-extensive with the influence of the bodies of men
from whom they have originated. If they have been
less useful than might have been hoped from their
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character and objects ; it is because different works of
this kind proceeding from different sources, and disa-
greeing with each other in their details, have been
permitted to circulate in the same community ; thus
interfering with each other, and frequently introduc-
ing confusion into the practice they were intended to
regulate.
In the United States the evil of irregularity and
uncertainty in the preparation of medicines has been
felt with peculiar weight. Besides a number of
Pharmacopoeias, and of Dispensatories founded upon
them, which have been produced in different parts of
the Union ; we import various foreign works of the
kind, some of which have become naturalized by re-
publication in the country. The druggist and the
medical practitioner are supplied, as their convenience
may direct, with any one or more of these books ; and
of course the character of medicinal preparations is lia-
ble to vary in every state and city of the Union. And
the physician is exposed, unconsciously, to administer
to his patient medicines, essentially different from
those which his judgment has prescribed.
That this evil has not earlier been remedied, is to
lie attributed not so much to a want of conviction, on
I he part of the medical faculty, of the importance of
the subject; as to the difficulty of obtaining in such a
work the general co-operation of physicians through-
out a country so extensive as ours. In several of the
states, measures had been taken by the faculty to re-
gulate the preparation of medicines, and with success
as far as it respected the circle of their respective
PREFACE. 18
practice.* But a National Pharmacopoeia, which
should be established and adopted by the consent of
all the medical corporate bodies throughout the Unit-
ed States, still remained a great desideratum ; being
evidently the only mode by which a uniform system
could be introduced at once into all parts of the Ame-
rican territory. In the present volume a work of this
kind has for the first time been undertaken ; and after
being gradually matured by the advice, consent and
co-operation of bodies of physicians in all parts of the
Union, it is at length committed to the press, as the
result of their deliberations and decisions.
In the formation of the American Pharmacopoeia,
the General Convention and their publishing commit-
tee have had to encounter those difficulties which
must always attend the first publication of works of
this kind. The selection of a Materia Medica ; the for-
mation or adoption of preparations and compounds,
and the establishment of a pharmaceutical nomencla-
ture, have constituted their chief labour. On each of
these departments of the work they have endeavour-
ed to bestow that degree of careful inquiry and ma-
ture deliberation which the importance of the occa-
sion demanded ; and have pursued the course, which
appeared to them best suited to supply the wants, and
promote the interests of the medical community in all
sections of the country.
* The Pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society
was published in 1808, and afterwards adopted by the Medical
Society of New Hampshire. The Pharmacopoeia of the New
York Hospital was published in 18) fi.
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The fault of the lists of the Materia Medica which
have been adopted in different countries, has always
been their redundancy, rather than their deficiency.
The number of articles necessary for the management
of diseases, and especially of those which any indi-
vidual physician actually employs; is always very far
short of the catalogue afforded by most Pharmaco-
poeias. Besides, as the progress of medical discovery
continually tends to the introduction of new articles
into use, the Materia Medica must soon grow to an
unmanageable size, if its enlargement be not followed
by a corresponding retrenchment of superfluities. In
consequence of reasons of this sort, many articles con-
tained in European books have been omitted in the
American Pharmacopoeia. These omissions have been
made only where the articles in question were con-
sidered inert, or where they were abundantly super-
seded by substitutes more powerful and more acces-
sible.
The system of retrenchment might no doubt have
been more rigorously exercised without ultimate dis-
advantage to the interests of medicine. But it was
thought to be at present more conducive to the public
good, to retain on the list all those medicines which
were believed to be so much in use in any part of the
United States, that their omission would occasion in-
convenience to physicians and apothecaries, and ren-
der the book less applicable to their wants.
In regard to indigenous vegetables, a considerable
number, no doubt, possess important and useful pro-
perties ; others have pretensions not yet fully settled.
PREFACE. 21
But, as it happens in most countries, the number of
simples occasionally employed in practice is much
greater than it suits the proper compass of a Pharma-
copoeia to contain. In the present work, those na-
tive articles have been introduced which were consi-
dered to possess qualities sufficiently important, or
which were found to be so much employed by practi-
tioners, as to give them any claim to the character of
standard medicines. In several instances native plants
have been substituted for European ones of the same
genus, where their qualities were esteemed the same.
With a view 7 of discriminating between articles of de-
cided reputation or general use, and those, the claims
of which are of a more uncertain kind ; the Conven-
tion determined to refer to a secondary list such sub-
stances as were deemed of secondary or doubtful effi-
cacy, retaining only on the principal list articles which
might be considered of standard character. In the
execution of this measure, particularly in the case of
new medicines, they have possibly consigned to the
secondary list some articles of more efficacy than
others which they have retained on the primary one.
In doubtful cases they have preferred to swell the
subordinate rather than the primary catalogue, espe-
cially as this arrangement will be most likely to
prompt farther investigations into the character of the
substances in question.
In that part of the work which contains the formu-
lae for the preparations and compositions, the Con-
vention have preserved those only which have receiv-
ed the sanction of the faculty in this country or in
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Europe. They have thought it their duty to insert
all which were reported to them by the District con-
ventions, except in cases where the near similarity of
£wo preparations has rendered one of them super-
fluous. Alterations of established formulae have been
avoided, unless it be where the convenience and sim-
plicity of medicines could be promoted without
changing their operation or activity.
Those compound substances which are prepared
iu the large way at manufactories, and which are to
be kept by the apothecary, though not necessarily
prepared by him, are inserted on the Materia Medica
list. Those which are to be made by the apothecary
alone, are placed among the preparations and compo-
sitions.
It has been endeavoured that the nomenclature
adopted in this work should be conformable to the
present language of science, divested of as much of its
prolixity as can be done consistently with clearness
and distinctness. It is_conceded that the essential
properties of names ought to be expressiveness, brevi-
ty and dissimilarity. Where these qualities can be
preserved without too great a departure from language;
previously in use, they afford the best grounds of a
convenient and intelligible nomenclature.
In the designation of articles derived from the ve-
getable or animal kingdom, the Edinburgh college
has of late adopted the whole systematic name of the
plant or animal which affords the medicine. The
Loudon college has made use in most instances of a
shorter officinal name, in the genitive case, adding to
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it the name of the part which is employed. In the
American Pharmacopoeia a single word is always
used for the officinal name of the medicine wherever
such a word is expressive, and without ambiguity.
For example the name Jalapa is used instead of Con-
volvulus Jalapa of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, and
Jalapm Radix of the London ; Colocynthis, instead of
Cucumis Colocynthis and Colocynihidis Pulpa ; &c.
The advantages of this mode are, that the name stands
in the nominative case ; that it expresses the medi-
cine, and nothing else ; that it is short and explicit,
and does not require to be mutilated in practical use,
as long names will inevitably be. The omission, in
the Pharmaceutical name, of the word which ex-
presses the part used, is not, as has been urged,* a
sacrifice of propriety to brevity ; nor does it involve
the alleged absurdity of transferring the name of the
whole plant to one of its parts. The words Jalapa,
Ipecacuanha, Colocynthis, Senna, and others of the
same kind, are not, strictly speaking, the names of anv
plants, but the names of drugs and medicines. The
substance which in English we call Jalap, is the root
of a plant, the universally received scientific name -of
which is Convolvulus Jalapa. In strict accuracy,
then, we must designate this drug by the circuitous
name of Convolvuli Jalapce. Radix, or by the simple
name of Jalapa.
* TransLitroo of the London Pharmacopoeia, 1815. Preface,
page xii,
24 PREFACE.
The chief advantage of the Edinburgh nomencla-
ture is, that it points out accurately the source from
which each substance is, or ought to be derived. The
London college have in their last edition attained the
same object by adding in a separate column the scien-
tific term which indicates the source from which the
medicine is procured. It has been thought best to
pursue a similar plan in the American Pharmacopoeia,
and to dispose the Materia Medica in two columns,
the first of which contains the officinal name in Latin
and English ; while the second contains the corres-
ponding scientific term, or the systematic name of the
plant, animal or mineral, from which each substance
is derived, with references for the sake of identifica-
tion to authors who have described it ; a designation
of the part to be used, and occasional explanations.
Brevity in the officinal names has been adhered to,
wherever a distinct and expressive term was afforded
by the common name of the article, or the generic or
specific name of the plant or animal producing it.
But in a few cases, single terms of this kind could not
be employed without ambiguity, and it was thought
better to adopt a double name previously in use, than
to incur the evil of too great innovation by inventing
a new word. This has happened where two parts of
the same plant are used, as Guaiaci lignum and Gua-
iaci resina ; or where two plants occurred of the same
genus, the specific names of which could not be used
alone, as Mentha piperita and Mentha viridis. In
some cases of this kind a single lerm has been applied
bv wav of eminence to the article most used, and a
PREFACE. 25
double name to one of inferior note, as Gentiana and
Gentiana Catesbcei.
The rule of brevity, and likewise the authority of
the latest Pharmacopoeias, has in a small number of
individual cases been departed from, for sufficient rea-
sons. The motive has generally been a desire to pre-
serve distinctness, and a preference to restore an old
name, rather than to adopt a new one which was
equivocal and partially received.
In the nomenclature of chemical substances the
Convention have followed the modern language of
chemistry, as it is most generally received at the pre-
sent day. They have pursued the example of the
London Pharmacopoeia in placing the base of a com-
pound body at the beginning of the name, this being
considered the most distinct way of presenting it. A
few names of inconvenient length have been supersed-
ed by shorter terms, on previous pharmaceutical au-
thority. Under a like sanction, pharmaceutical names
have in a few instances been substituted for more ac-
curate chemical ones, when the similarity of the latter
was considered to produce danger of mistake between
dissimilar substances. This has been done particular-
ly in the combinations of mercury with the muriatic
acid.
In the arrangement of the preparations and compo-
sitions, the alphabetical order of the subjects has been
adopted, as the most convenient method for reference.
Pharmacopoeias have most frequently been publish-
ed in the Latin language. The Latin having long
been the common language of scientific men, and the
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26 PREFACE.
medium of technical phraseology, no well educated
physician or apothecary is unacquainted with it. Its
conciseness and precision have brought it into common
use in the prescriptions of physicians and the formuhe
of medical writers. From the weight due to conside-
rations of this sort, the publishing committee, while
they have written out the entire work in English, have
thought it proper to present not only the nomenclature,
but all the essential parts of the work in Latin also.
They have further felt justified in this measure by the
belief that the book is thus rendered more intelligible
to foreigners, and more useful in those districts of the
United States where the French and German lan-
guages continue to be spoken.
MATERIA MEDICA,
OR A CATALOGUE OF SIMPLE MEDICINES, TOGETHER WITH
SOME PREPARED MEDICINES, WHICH ARE KEPT IN THE
SHOP OF THE APOTHECARY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY PRE-
PARED BY HIM.
The ficst column contains the officinal name of each arti-
cle, in Latin and English. The second contains the cor-
responding scientific term, or the systematic name of the
animal or vegetable from which the medicine is derived ;
likewise the part designated to be used, with the references
to authors and occasional explanations.
Abbreviations. — G. (imelin, Edit. SyBtema; Naturae. — TV. Willdenow, Edit. Spec.
Plantarum. L. Lionreus. Mt. Micbaux Flora, Boreali-Americana. Muhl.
Muhlenberg's Catalogue. — Bn. Bigelow's Medical Botany. — Bn. Barlon's Vege-
table Mat. Med. — Oliv. Olivier, Insectes Eocycl. Methodique. — Land. Pharma-
cop.eia Londinensie, 1809.
AcACIJE GUMMI.
Acacia gum.
Called Gum Arabic.
Acacia vera. W. iv. 1085.
Mimosa Nilotica. L.
Gurami. The Gum.
AcETUM.
Vinegar.
Acidum aceticum impurum.
AciDUM ARSENIOSUM.
Arsenious acid.
Called White Arsenic.
Acidum arseniosum.
2G
MATERIA MEDICA.
AciDUM MURIATICUM.
Muriatic acid.
Acidum muriaticum.
The specific gravity to that of water as 1160 te
1000.
AciDUM N1TRICUM.
■Nitric acid.
Acidum nitricum.
The specific gravity to that of water as 1500 l»
1000.
Acidum sulphuricum. Acidum sulphuricum.
Sulphuric acid.
The specific gravity to that of water as 1850 lo
1000.
ACONITUM.
Aconite.
Aconitum neomontanum. W. U.
1236.
Folia. The leaves.
Adeps.
Lard.
Alcohol.
Alcohol.
Sus scrofa. G. 216.
Adeps. The lard.
Alcohol.
The specific gravity to that of water as 835 to
1000.
Allium.
Garlic.
Allium sativum. W. II. 68.
Radix. The root.
Aloe.
Aloes.
1. Aloe Socotriua. Aloe spicata. W. II. 185.
Socotrine Aloes. Extractum. The extract.
2. Aloe Barbadensis. Aloe vulgaris. Lond. 6.
Barbadoes Aloes. Extractum. The extract.
Alumek.
Alum.
MATERIA MEDICA. 29
Super sulphas aluminas et potassas.
Ammoniacum.
Ammoniacum.
Heracleum gummiferum. W. Hort.
Berol. Gummi resina. The
Gum resin.
Ammonije murias.
Muriate of ammonia.
Called Sal Ammoniac.
Ammonias murias.
Amygdala.
Almond.
Amygdalus communis. W. II. 982.
Nuclei. The kernels.
Amygdalae oleum.
Oil of almonds.
Angustura.
Angustura,
Anisum.
Anise.
Amygdalus communis.
Oleum fixum nucleorum. The fix-
ed oil of the kernels.
Bonplandia trifoliata. W. Act. Be-
rol. 1802. — Cortex. The bark.
Pimpinella anisum. W. I. 1473.
Semina. The seeds.
Anthemis.
Camomile.
Antimonium.
Antimony.
Anthemis nobilis. W. III. 2180,
Flores. The flowers.
Antimonium.
Antimomi sulphuretum. Antimonii sulphuretuna.
Sulphuret of antimony.
Aqua.
Water.
Aqua fontana.
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MATERIA MEDICA.
Argentum.
Argentum.
Silver.
Aemoracia.
Cochlearia armoracia. W. HI. 451 .
Horse radish.
Planta. The plant.
ASSAFCETIDA.
Ferula Assafoetida. W.I. 1413.
Assafetida.
Gummi resina. The gum resin.
AURANTII CORTEX.
Citrus aurantium. W. III. 1427.
Orange peel.
Cortex fructus. The rind of the
fruit.
Aurum.
Aurum.
Gold.
AvENa;" FARINA.
Avena sativa. W. I. 446.
Oatmeal.
Farina. The meal.
Baryta sulphas.
Baryta? sulphas.
Sulphate of baryta.
Belladonna.
Atropa belladonna. W. I. 1017.
Deadly nightshade.
Folia. The leaves.
Benzoinum.
Styrax benzoin. W. II. C23.
Benzoin.
Balsamum. The balsam.
BlSMUTHUM.
Bismuthum.
Bismuth.
Cajuputi oleum.
Melaleuca cajuputi. Lond. 8.
Cajuput oil.
Oleum volatile. The volatile oil.
Calx.
Calx.
Lime.
Calcis carbonas.
Carbonate of lime.
MATERIA MEDICA.
Calcis carbonas.
31
1. Duma, Hard, called Marble.
2. Mollis, Soft, called Chalk.
Calcis phosphas.
Phosphate of lime.
Camphora.
Camphor.
Canella.
Canella.
Cantharides.
Cantharides.
Calcis phosphas.
Laurus camphora. W. II. 478. also
Drjrobalanops camphora Cole-
Irooke, Asiatic Researches, XII.
535. — Camphora. The camphor.
Canella alba. W. II. 851.
Cortex. The bark.
Cantharis vesicatorius. Oliv.V. 277.
Meloe vesicatorius. L.
Lytta vesicatoria. Fabricius.
Cantharides vittat*. Cantharis vittata. Oliv. V. 279.
Potato flies.
Capsicum.
Cayenne pepper.
Carbo ligni.
Charcoal.
Cardamomum.
Cardamom.
Carum.
Caraway.
Lytta vittata. Fabricius.
Capsicum annuum. W. I. 1050.
Fructus. The fruit.
Carbo ligni.
Amomum repens. W. I. 9.
Elettaria cardamomum. Maton Tr.
Lin. Soc. — Semina. The seeds.
Carum carui. W. I. 147D.
Semina. The seeds.
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MATERIA MEDICA.
Caryophylli.
Cloves.
Eugenia caryophyllata. W. 111.965.
Gemmae florales. The flower buds.
Caryophyllorum oleum. Eugenia caryophyllata.
Oil of cloves.
Oleum volatile. The volatile oil.
Cascarilla.
Croton Eleutheria. W. IV. 546.
Cascarilla.
Cortex. The bark.
Cassia fistula.
Cassia fistula. W. II. 518.
Purging cassia.
Pulpa. The pulp of the pods.
Casssa marilandica.
Cassia marilandica. W. II. 524
American senna.
Bw. II. 166. Bn. I. 137.
Planta. The plant.
Castoreum.
Castor fiber. G. 124.
Castor.
Castoreum. The castor.
Catechu.
Acacia catechu. W. IV. 1079.
Catechu.
Mimosa catechu. L.
Extractum. The extract.
Cera.
Apis mellifica.
Wax.
Favus fusus. The melted comb.
1. Flava. Yellow.
2. Alba. White.
CEREVisia: fermentum. Cerevisite fermentum.
Yeast.
Chenofodium.
Wormseed.
Chenopodium anthelminticum. W.
I. 1304. Bn. II. 183.
Planta. The plant.
MATERIA MEDICA.
33
Cinchona.
Peruvian bark.
1 . Cinchona pallida.
Pale bark.
2. Cinchona rubra.
Red bark.
3. Cinchona flava.
Yellow bark.
Cinchona lancifolia. Lond. 10.
Cortex. The bark.
Cinchona oblongifolia. Lond. 10.
Cortex. The bark.
Cinchona cordifolia. Lond. 10.
Cortex. The bark.
Cinnamomum.
Cinnamon.
Laurus cinnamomum. W. II. 477.
Cortex. The bark.
ClNNAMOMI OLEUM.
Oil of cinnamon.
Laurus cinnamomum.
Oleum volatile. The volatile oil.
Colchicum. Colchicum autumnale. W. II. 272.
Meadow saffron. Radix. Tlie root.
COLOCYNTHIS.
Colocynth.
Cucumis colocynthis. W. IV. 611.
Fruc.tus, cortice seminibusque ab-
jectis. The fruit deprived of its
rind and seeds.
Colomba.
Columbo.
Radix. A root. The plant unknown*
Conium.
Hemlock.
Conium maculatum. W. I. 1395.
Bw. I. 113.
Folia. The leaves.
Copaiba.
Copaiba.
Copiafera officinalis. W. IT. 63.0.
Balsamum. The balsam.
h4
MATERIA MEB1CA.
CoRIANDRUM.
Coriandrum sativum. W. I. 1443
Coriander.
Semina. The seeds.
CORNU CERVI.
Cervus elaphus. G. 176.
Stages horn.
Coruua. The horns.
CoRNUS FLORIDA.
Cornus florida. W. I. 661. Bw
Dogwood.
II. 73. Bn. I. 44.
Cortex. The bark.
Crocus.
Crocus sativus. W. I. 194.
Saffron.
Stigmata. The stigmas.
Cubeba.
Piper cubeba. W. I. 159.
Cubebs.
Fructus. The fruit.
Cuprum.
Cuprum.
Copper.
*
CuPRI SUBACETAS.
Cupri tubacetas.
Subacetate of copper.
Called Verdigris.
CUPRI SULPHAS.
Sulphate of copper.
Called Blut Vitriol.
Cupri sulphas.
Digitalis.
Foxglove.
Dolichos.
Cowhage.
Digitalis purpurea. W. III. 283.
Folia. The leaves.
Dolichos pruriens. W. III. 283.
Pubes leguminis. The bristles of
the pod.
MATERIA MEDICA.
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Dracontium. Dracontium foetidum. W. II. 288.
Skunk cabbage. Ictodes fcetidus. Bw. II. 41.
Symplocarpusfoetidus. Bn. I. 123.
Radix. 77te roof.
Dulcamara.
Bitter sweet.
Elaterium.
Elaterium.
Solanum dulcamara. W. I. 1028.
Bw. I. 169.
Stipites. The stalks.
Momordica elaterium. W. IV. 605.
Extractum fructus. The extract of
the fruit. Lond.
Eupatorium perfolia- Eupatorium perfoliatum. W. III.
tum. 1761. Bw. I. 32. Bw. II. 125.
Thoroughwort. Herba. The herb.
Eupatorium teucrifo- Eupatorium teucrifolium. W. III.
lium. 1753.
Wild horehound. Harba. The herb.
Euphorbia ipecacuan- Euphorbia ipecacuanha. W. II.
ha. 900. Bw. III. 109. Bn. I. 211.
Ipecacuanha spurge. Radix. The root.
Euphorbia corollata. Euphorbia corollata. W. II. 916.
Large flowering spurge. Bw. III. 118.
Radix. The root.
Ferrum.
Iron.
Ferri prussias.
Prussia! e of iron.
Ferrum.
Ferri prussias.
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MATERIA MEDIC A.
Ferri SULPHAS.
Sulphate of iron.
Ferri sulphas.
Ficus.
Figs.
Ficus carica. W. IV.
Fructus. The fruit.
FffiNICULUM.
Fennel.
Anethum foeniculum. W. I. 1469
Semina. The seeds.
Frasera.
American co
1 umbo.
Frasera TV alteri. Mx. I. 96. Bn
11. 103.
Radix. The root.
Galbanum.
Galbanum.
Bubon galbanum. W. I. 1439.
Gumroi resina. The gum resin.
Gall*.
Galls.
Quercus cerris. W. IV. 454.
Cyniphis nidus. The nest of Cynip:
Quercifolii.
$
GAMnOGIA.
Gamboge.
Stalagmitis cambogioides.
Gummi resina. The gum resin.
Obtained also from some other
vegetables.
Gentiana.
Gentian.
Gentiana lutea. W. I. 1331.
Radix. The root.
Geranium.
Cranesbill.
Geranium maculatum. W. III. 705.
Bw. I. 84. Bn. I. 149.
Radix. The root.
MATERIA MEDiCA.
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IjILLENIA.
Gillenia.
Gillenia trifoliata. Bw. III. 10.
Bn. I. 65.
Spirsea trifoliata. IV. II. 1063.
Radix. The root.
GlycyrrhizjE radix. Glycyrrhiza glabra. W. III. 1144.
Liquorice root.
Radix. The root.
Glycyrrhiza: extrac- Glycyrrhiza glabra.
TUM.
Extract of liquorice.
GUAIACI LIGNUM.
Guaiacum wood.
Called Lignum vi7cc
Extractum. The extract.
Guaiacum officinale. W. II. 5C8.
Lignum. The wood.
GUAIACI RESINA.
Resin of guaiacum.
fisMATOXYLON.
Logwood.
Guiacum officinale.
Resina. The resin.
Haematoxylon campechianum. W.
II. 547.
Lignum. The wood.
Helleborus fcetidus. Helleborus fcetidus. W. II. 1337.
Bearsfoot.
Folia. The leaves.
HELLEBORDS NIGER.
Black hellebore.
Helleborus niger. W. II. 1336.
Radix. The root.
Heochera.
Alum root.
Heuchera cortusa. Mx. I. 171.
Bn. II. 159.
Heuchera Americana. W. 1. 1328.
Radix. The root.
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MATERIA MEDICA.
HoRDEUM.
Barley.
Hordeum distichon. W. I. 473.
Semina decorticata. The seeds de-
corticated.
Humuluj.
Hop.
Humulus Iupulus. W. IV. 769.
Bw. III. 162.
Strobili. The strobiles.
Hydrargyrum.
Mercury.
HVOSCYAMUS.
Henbane.
ICTHYOCOLLA.
Isinglass.
Inula.
Elecampane.
Ipecacuanha.
Ipecacuanha.
Hydrargyrum.
Hyoscyamus niger. W. I. 1010.
Bw. II. 161.
Planta. The plant.
Accipenser huso, and some other
species. — Vesica natoria. The
swimming bladder.
Inula helenium. W. III. 2089.
Radix. The root.
Callicocca ipecacuanha. Brotero.
Lin. Trans. VI. 137.
Radix. The root.
Jalapa.
Jalap.
JUGLANS.
Butternut.
Convolvulus jalapa. W. I. 860.
Radix. The root.
Juglans cinerea. W. IV. 456.
Bw. II. 115.
Liber radicis. The inner bark of
the root,
■ ' ;■ ■
, -- s
MATERIA MEDICA.
3»
Juniterus.
Juniper.
Juniperus communis. W. IV. 855.
Bw. III. 45.
Baccae. The berries.
Juniperus virginiana. Juniperus virginiana. W. IV. 863.
Red cedar.
Bw. III. 50.
Folia. The leaves.
Kino.
Kino.
Pterocarpus. Mungo Park : last
Journal, p. cxxiv.
Extractum. The extract. Also
from other plants.
Lactucarium.
Lactuca sativa. W. III. 1523.
Lactucarium.
Succus concretus. The concrete
juice.
Laurus cassia.
Laurus cassia. W. II. 477.
Cassia bark.
Cortex. The bark.
Lavandula.
Lavandula spica. W. III. 60.
Lavender.
Flores. The flowers.
Lichen.
Lichen Islandicus.
Iceland moss.
Planta. The plant.
LlMON.
Citrus medica. W. HI. 1426.
Lemon.
Fructus. The fruit.
LlMONIS OLEUM.
Citrus medica.
Oil of lemon.
Oleum volatile corticis fructus. The
volatile oil of the rind of the fruit.
LlNI SEMINA.
Linum usitatissimum. W. I. 1533.
Flaxseed.
Semina. The seeds.
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MATERIA MEDICA.
LlNI OLEUM.
Flaxseed oil.
Called Linsttd Oil.
Linum usitatissimum.
Oleum rixum seminis. The fixed
oil of the seeds.
Liriodendron.
Tulip tree.
Liriodendron tulipifera. W. II.
1254. Bw. II. 107. Bn. I. 92.
Cortex. The bark.
Lobelia.
Indian tobacco.
Lobelia inflata. W. I. 046. Bw.
177. Bn. I. 181.
Herba. The herb.
Magnesia carbonas.
Carbonate of magnesia.
Magnesiae carbonas.
Magnesia sulphas.
Sulphate of magnesia.
Called Epsom Salt.
Magnesiae sulphas.
Manna.
Fraxinus ornus. W. IV. 1104.
Manna.
Succus concretus. The concrete
juice.
Maranta.
Maranta arundinacea. W. I. 13.
Arrow root.
Foecula radicis. The fecula of the
root.
Mel.
Apis mellifica.
Honey.
Mel. The honey.
Mentha piperita.
Mentha piperita. W. 111. 79.
Peppermint.
Herba. The herb.
Mentha viridis.
Mentha viridis. W. III. 7G.
Spear mint.
Herba. The herb.
MATERIA MEDICA.
41
Mezereon.
Mezereon.
Daphne mezereon. W. IT. 415.
Cortex radicis. The bark of the
root.
Moschus.
Musk.
Myr'stica.
Nutmeg.
MYRISTICffi OLEUM.
0(7 of nutmeg.
Called Oil of mace.
Myroxylon.
Balsam of Peru.
Myrrha.
Myrrh.
Nux vomica.
Vomic nut.
Moschus moschiferus. G. 172.
Moschus. The musk.
Myristica moschata. W. IV. 869.
Nucleus. The kernel of the fruit.
Myristica moschata.
Oleum nuclei fixo- volatile. The
compound oil of the kernel.
Myroxylon Peruiferum. W. II. 546.
Balsamum. The balsam.
Gummi-resina. A gum resin. The
tree unknown.
Strychnos nux vomica. IF. I. 1052.
Semina. The seeds.
Oliv.e oleum.
Olive oil.
Opium.
Opium.
Olea Europaea. W. I. 44.
Oleum fructus. The oil of the fruit.
Papaver somniferum. JF. II. 1147.
Succus concretus. Tlie concrete
juice.
Origanum. Origanum vulgare. W. III. 135.
Wild marjoram. Herba. The herb.
6
12
Phosphorus.
Phosphorus.
Phytolacca.
Poke.
MATERIA MEDICA.
Phosphorus.
Phytolacca decandra. W. II. 8-2,
Bw. I. 39. Bn. II. 213.
Radix. The root.
PlMENTA.
Pimento.
Myrtua Pimenta. W. II. 973.
BaccaE. The berries.
PlI'ER.
lilack pepper.
Piper nigrum. IV. I. 159.
BaccaD. The berries.
Pix abietis. Pinus abies. W. IV. 50G.
Burgundy pitch. Resina praeparata. Tlie prepared
resin.
PlX LIQUIDA.
Tar.
Plumbum.
Lead.
Pinus palustris. W. IV. 499. and
some other species. — Terebin-
thina empyreumatica. The im-
pure turpentine procured by burn-
ing.
Plumbum.
Pluaibi oxydu.m semivi- Plumbi oxidum semivitreum.
TREUM.
Semivitrified oxide of lead.
Called Litharge.
Plumbi subcarbonas. Plumbi subcarbonas.
Subcarbonate of lead.
C«lled Whiti liad.
MATERIA MEDICA.
43
Podophyllum.
May apple.
Podophyllum peltatum. W. II.
1141. Bw. II. 34. Bn. II. 9.
Radix. The root.
PoTASSjE nitras.
Nitrate of potass.
Called Nitre.
Potassae nitras.
Potass.se subcarbonas Potassae subcarbonas impurus.
IMPURUS.
Impure subcarbonale of
potass.
Called Pearl ash.
Potass^ supertartras. Potassa? supertartras.
Supertartrale of potass.
Called Cream of Tartar.
Pruna.
Prunes.
Prunus domestica. W. II. t)9G.
Fructus siccatus. The dried fruit.
Pyrethrum.
Pellitory of Spain.
Quassia.
Quassia.
QuERCUS ALBA.
White oak.
Anthemis Pyrethrum. WAYl. 2184.
Radix. Tlie root.
Quassia excelsa. W. II. 5G9.
Lignum. The wood.
Quercus alba. W. IV. 448.
Cortex. The Lark.
Quercus tinctoria.
Black oak.
Quercus tinctoria. IV. IV. 444.
Cortex. The bark.
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MATERIA MEDICA.
Resina pini.
Pine resin.
Rhamnus.
Buckthorn.
Pinus palustris,&c. IV. IV. 499,&c.
Terebinthina oleo dempto. The
residuum after the distillation of
oil of turpentine.
Rhamnus calharticus. W. I. 1092.
Bacca;. The berries.
Rheum.
Rhubarb.
Ricini OLEUM.
Castor oil.
Rosa.
Rosmarinus.
Rosemary.
Sabbatia.
American centaury.
Sabika.
Savin.
Rheum palmatum. W. II. 489.
Radix. The root.
Ricinus communis. IV. IV. 564.
Oleum fixum seminis. The fixed
oil of the seed.
Rosa centifolia. IV. II. 1 07 1 .
Petala. The petals.
Rosmarinus officinalis. W. I. 126.
Cacumina. The tops.
Sabbatia angularis. Bio. III. 56.
Bn. I. 255. — Chironia angularis.
L. — Planta. T/ic plant.
Juniperus sabina. W. IV. 852.
Folia. The leaves.
Saccharum.
Sugar.
Saccharum officinarum. W. I. 321.
Saccharum purificatum. The re-
fined sugar.
Sago.
Sago.
Cycas circinalis.
Medulla. The -pith.
MATERIA MEDICA.
45
Salep.
Orchis mascula. W. IV. 18. and
Salep.
Orchis morio. — Foecula radicis.
The fecida of the root.
Salix.
Salix eriocephala. Mx. II. 225. and
Willow.
some other species.
Cortex. The bark.
Sambucus.
Sambucus Canadensis. W. I. 1494.
Elder.
Baccas. The berries.
Sanguinaria.
Sanguinaria Canadensis. W. II.
Bloodroot.
1140. Bw. I. 75. fin. 1.31.
Radix. The root.
Sapo.
Sapo Hispanicus.
Castile soap.
\
Sarsaparilla.
Smilax sarsaparilla. W. IV. 776.
Sarsaparilla.
Radix. The root.
Sassafras.
Laurus sassafras. W. II. 485. Bw.
Sassafras.
II. 142.
Cortex radicis. The bark of the root.
Scammonium.
Convolvulus scammonia. W.\. 845.
Scammony.
Gummi resina. The gum resin.
Scilla.
Scilla maritima. W. II. 125.
Squill.
Radix. The root.
Senega.
Polygala senega. W. III. 894.
Seneca snake root.
Bw. II. 97. Bn. II. 111.
Radix. The root.
46
MATERIA MED1CA.
Senna.
Senna.
Cassia senna. W. II. 520.
Folia. The leaves.
Serpentaria.
Virginia snake root.
Aristolochia Serpentaria. W. IV.
159. Bio. III. 62. Bn. 11.41.
Radix. The root.
Sevum.
Suet.
Simarouba.
Simarouba.
Ovis aries. G. 197.
Sevum. The suet.
Quassia simarouba. IV. II. 568.
Cortex. The bark.
Sinapis.
Mustard.
Sinapis nigra. W. III. 555.
Semina. The seeds.
SoDiE MURIAS.
Muriate of soda.
Called Sea salt.
SoDiE SUBBORAS.
Subboratc of soda.
Called Borax.
Sodae
murias.
Sodas subboras.
Sod^e subcarbonas.
Subcarbonate of soda.
Sodae subcarbonas.
SoDiE SULPHAS.
Sulphate of soda.
Called Glaubers salt.
Sodae sulphas-
Spermaceti.
Spermaceti.
Physeter macrocephalus. G. 227.
Spermaceti. The spermaceti.
MATERIA MEDICA.
47
Spigelia.
Spigelia marilandica. W. I.
825.
Carolina pink.
Bw. I. 142. Bn. II. 75.
Planta. The plant.
Spongia. '
Spongia officinalis. G. 3820.
Sponge.
Stannum.
Stannum.
Tin.
Statice.
Statice Caroliniana. Walter
Flor.
Marsh rosemary.
Car. 118. Bw. II. 51.
Radix. The root.
Stramonium.
Datura stramonium. W. I.
1008
Thorn apple.
Bw. I. 17.
Folia. The leaves.
Stramonii semina.
Thom apple seeds.
Datura stramonium.
Semina. The seeds.
SuCCINUM.
Amber.
Succinum.
Sulphur.
Sidphur.
Sulphur sublimatum et lotum.
Tabacum.
Tobacco.
Nicotiana tabacum. W. I. 1014.
Bw. II. 171.
Folia. The leaves.
Tamarindus.
Tamarind.
Tamarindus Indica. W. III. 577.
Fructus conditus. The preserved
fruit.
48
MATERIA MED1CA.
Tapioca.
Tapioca.
Jatropha manihot. IV. TV. 562.
Foecula radicis. The fecula of the
root.
Terebinthina. Pinus palustris, &c. W. IV. 499. &c.
Turpentine. Terebinthina. The turpentine.
TEREBiNTHiNa: oleum. Ejusdem oleum volatile. The vola-
Oil vf turpentine. tile oil of the preceding article.
Terebinthina Canade.v- Pinus balsamea. W. IV. 504.
sis. Balsamum. The balsam.
Canada balsam.
Tolutanum.
Tolu.
Toluifera balsamum. W. II. 545.
Balsamum. The balsam.
Tragacantha.
Tragacanth.
Astragalus verus. Lond. 49.
Gummi. Tne s.um.
Ulmus.
Slippery elm.
Ulmus fulva. Mx. I. 172.
Liber. The inner bark.
TJViE.
Raisins.
Vitis vinifera. IV. I. 1180.
Fructus siccatus. The dried fruit.
Uva URSI.
Uva ursi.
Arbutus uva ursi. W. II. 61!
Uxo. I. 66.
Folia. The leaves.
Valeriana.
Valerian.
Valeriana officinalis. W. I. 177.
Radix. The root.
Veratrum album.
White hellebore.
MATERIA MEDICA.
Veratrum album. W. IV. 895.
Radix. The root.
49
Veratrum viride.
American hellebore.
Veratrum viride. W. IV. 896.
Bw. II. 121.
Radix. The root.
VlNUM.
Vitis vinifera. W. I. 1 1 80.
Wine.
Vinum. The mine. The sort call-
ed Teneriffe.
Wintera.
Wintera aromatica. W. II. 1239.
Winter'' s bark.
Cortex. The bark.
Xanthorhiza.
Xanthorhiza apiifolia. W. I. 1568.
Yellow root.
Bn. 11. 203.
Radix. The root.
Xanthoxylum.
Xanthoxylum fraxineum. W. IV.
Prickly ash.
754. Bw. III. 156.
Cortex. The bark.
Zincum.
Zincum.
Zinc.
Zinci carbonas iMPURUs. Zinci carbonas impurus.
Impure carbonate of zinc.
Called Calamine.
Zinci oxidum impurum. Zinci oxidum impurum.
Impure oxide of zinc.
Called Tulty.
SO MATERIA MEDICA.
Zinci sulphas. Zinci sulphas.
Sulphate of zinc.
Called White vitriol.
Zingiber. Amomum zingiber. IV. I. 6.
Ginger. Zingiber officinale. Koscoe Lin.
Trans. — Radix. The root.
SECONDARY LIST.
Aletris.
Star grass.
Aletris farinosa. W. II. 183. Bw.
III. 94.
Radix. The root.
Angelica.
Angelica.
Apocynum.
Dog^s bane.
Angelica atropurpurea. W.\. 1430.
Planta. The plant.
Apocynum androsaemifolium. W.
I. 1259. Bw. II. 148.
Radix. The root.
Aralia nud'caulis.
False sarsaparilla.
Arilia spinosa.
Angelica tree.
Arnica.
Leopard's bane.
Arum.
Dragon root.
Aralia nudicaulis. W. I. 1521.
Radix. The root.
Aralia spinosa. W. I. 1521.
Cortex. The bark.
Arnica montana. W. III. 2106.
Planta. The plant.
Arum triphyllum. W. IV. 480.
Bw. I. 52,
Radix. The root.
52
AsARUM.
Ctiiiada snake root.
MATERIA MEDICA.
Asarum Canadense. W. II. 838.
Bw. I. 49. Bn. II. 85.
Radix. The root.
Asclepias incarnata. Asclepias incamata. W. I. 1267.
Flesh coloured asclepias. Radix. The root.
Asclepias Syriaca. Asclepias Syriaca. IF. I. 1265.
Common silk weed. Radix. The root.
Asclepias tuberosa. Asclepias tuberosa. W. I. 1268.
Butterfly loeed. Bw. II. 59. Bn. I. 239.
Radix. The root.
Azedarach.
Melia azedarach. W. II. 558.
Azedarach.
Cortex. The bark.
Bitumen.
Bitumen.
Bitumen.
Calamus.
Acorus calamus. W. II. 199
Sweet flag root.
Bn. II. 63.
Radix. The root.
Carota.
Daucus carota. W. I. 1389.
Carrot.
SemiDa. The seed.
C«RTHAMUS.
Carthamus tinctorius. W. III. 1706
Dyer's saffron.
Flores. The flowers.
Cutanea.
Castanea pnmila. W. IV. 461.
Chinquapin.
Cortex. The bark.
SECONDARY LIST.
63
ClMICIFUGA.
Black snake root.
Cimicifuga serpentaria. Pursh. II.
382.— Radix. The root.
CONTRAYERVA.
Contrayerva.
Dorstenia contrayerva. W. 1. 683.
Radix. The root.
Convolvulus pandura- Convolvulus panduratus. W. I.
tus. 850. Bn. I. 249.
Wild potaloe. Radix. The root.
Cornus circinata. Cornus circinata. W. I. 663.
Round leaved dogwood. Cortex. The bark.
Cornus sericea.
Swamp dogwood.
COPTIS.
Goldthread.
Cornus sericea. W. I. 663. Bn.
I. 115. — Cortex. The bark.
Coptis trifolia. Salisbury. Lin.
Tr. VIII. 305. Bw. I. 60. Bn.
II. 97. — Radix. The root.
CoTULA.
May weed.
Curcuma.
Turmeric.
Anthemis cotula. W. III. 2181.
Bn. I. 161.
Planta. The plant.
Curcuma longa. W. I. 14.
Radix. The root.
Delphinium.
Larkspur.
Diospyros.
Persimmon.
Delphinium consolida. W. II. 1226.
Radix. The root.
Diospyros Virginiana. W. IV. 1 107.
Cortex. The bark.
Erigeron Canadense. Erigeron Canadense. W. III. 1954
Canada flea bane. Planta. The plant.
54
MATERIA MEDICA.
Erigeron Philadelphi- Erigeron Philadelphicum. W. III.
cum. 1957. Bn. I. 227.
Philadelphia flea bane. Planta. The plant.
Eryngium.
Button snake root.
Eryngium aquaticum. W. I. 1357.
Radix. The root.
Ervthronium.
Erythronium.
Erythronium Americanum. Muhl.
84. Bio. III. 151.
Planta. The plant.
Eupat"»rium purpureum. Eupatorium purpureum. W. III.
Gravel root. 1759. — Radix. The root.
Gaultheria.
Partridge berry.
Gaultheria procumbens. W. II.
616. Bio. II. 27. Bn. I. 171.
Folia. The leaves.
Gentiana catesbai.
Blue gentian.
Gentiana Catesbaei. Elliott Bota-
ny I. 339. Bw. II. 137.
Radix. The root.
Geum.
Water avens.
Geum rivale. W. II. 1115.
Radix. The root.
Granatum.
Pomegranate.
Hqpacleum.
Mastcrioort.
Punica granatum. W. II. 981.
Cortex fructus. The rind of the fruit.
Heracleum lanatum. Mx. I. 166.
Radix. The root.
Iris Florentina.
Florentine orris.
Iris Florentina. W. I. 236.
Radix. The root.
Iris versicolor.
Blue flag.
Iris versicolor. W. I. 233. Bw.
I. 155. — Radix. The root.
SECONDARY LIST.
55
Lactuca elongata.
Wild lettuce.
Magnolia.
Magnolia.
Marrubium.
Horehound.
Menyanthes.
Buckbean.
Lactuca elongata. W. III. 1525.
Pianta. The plant.
Magnolia glauca. W. II. 1256.
Bw. II. 67. Bn. I. 77.
Cortex. The bark. Also the bark
of Magnolia acuminata and M.
tripetala.
Marrubium vulgare.
Herba. The herb.
Menyanthes trifoliata. W. f. 811.
Bw. III. 55. — Radix. The root.
Monarda.
Monarda.
Origanum.
Marjoram.
Monarda punctata. W. I. 126.
Herba. The herb.
Origanum vulgare. W. III. 1 35.
Herba. The herb.
Petroselinum.
Parsley.
Phytolacca BACca;.
Poke berries.
PoLYGALA RUBELLA.
Bitter polygala.
PoLYPODIUM.
Polypody.
Prinos.
Black alder.
Apium petroselinum. W. II. 1475.
Pianta. The plant.
Phytolacca decandra. W. II. 822.
Baccae. The berries.
Polygala rubella. W. III. 875. Bw.
III. 129.— Pianta. The plant.
Polypodium filix mas.
Radix. The root.
Prinos verticillatus. W. II. 225.
Bw. III. 141. Bn. 1.203.
Cortex. The bark.
ob
MATERIA MEDICA.
Prunus Virginiaxa.
Wild cherry tree.
Pyrola.
Pyrola.
Prunus Virginiana. W. II. 985.
Cortex. The bark.
Pyrola umbellata. W. II. 622. £w.
II. 15.
Chimaphila umbellata. Bn. I. 17.
Herba. The herb.
Ranunculus. Ranunculus bulbosus. fT. II. 1324.
Crowfoot. Bw. III. 61. — Planta. The plant.
Rhus glabrum. Rhus glabrum. W. I. 1478.
Sumach. Baccas. The berries.
Rhbia.
Madder.
Rubia tinctorum. W. I. 603.
Radix. The root.
RuBUS TRIV1ALIS.
Dewberry.
RUBUS VILLOSUS.
Blackberry,
Rumex Britannica.
Water dock.
Rubus trivialis. Mx. I. 296.
Cortex radicis. The bark of the root.
Rubus villosus. W. II. 1085. Bw.
II. 160. Bn. II. 151.
Cortex radicis. The bark of the root.
Rumex Britannica. W. II. 250.
Radix. The root.
Rumex obtumfolius.
Blunt leaved dock.
Sambucus.
Elder.
Rumex obtusifolius. W. II. 254.
Radix. The root.
Sambucus Canadensis. FT. I. 1494.
Baccae. The berries.
Si NT ALUM.
Red sanders.
Pterocarpus santalinus. W. III.
906. — Lignum. The wood.
SECONDARY LIST.
57
Secale cornutum.
Spurred rye.
Called Ergot.
Sesami oleum.
Benne oil.
Secale cereale. W. I. 471.
Clavus. The spur.
Sesamum orientale. W. III. 358.
Oleum seminis. The fixed oil of
the seed.
Solidago.
Golden rod.
Solidago odora. Bw. I. 187.
Folia. The leaves.
Spiraea.
Hardhack.
Spiraea tomentosa. IV. II. 1056.
Radix. The root.
Tanacetum.
Tansy,
Tormentilla.
Tormentil.
Tanacetum vulgare. W. III. 1 814.
Herba. The herb.
Tormentilla erecta. W.U. 1112.
Radix. The root.
Toxicodendron.
Poison oak.
Rhus toxicodendron. W. I. 1481.
Folia. The leaves.
Triosteum.
Fever root.
Triosteum perfoliatum. W. I. 990.
Bw. 1. 90. Bn. I. 59.
Radix. The root.
Veronica.
Veronica.
Veronica Virginica. W. I. 34.
Radix. The root.
Viola.
Violet.
Viola pedata. W. I. 1160.
Planta. The plant.
PONDERA ET 51 ENSURE.
Ad quantitatem solidorum indicandam ponderum generc
utimur, lingua vernacula Troy Weight vocato, libramque sic
dividimus, viz. :
Libra, Jfe \ ( Uncias duodecim 3
Uncia f , , , 1 Drachmas octo 3
> habet < c .
Drachma I \ hcrupulos tres 9
Scrupulus ) \ Grana viginti. gr.
Notas apposuimus quibus pondus quodque designare con-
suetum est.
Ad quantitatem liquidorum indicandam mensuris utimur
ex con^io vinario deductis, et quern ad usus medicinales sic
dividimus, viz. :
Congius \ ( Octantes octo O
Octans F , , j Fluiduncias sedecim f3
Fluiduncia ( J Fluidrachmas octo f3
Fluidrachma ) ' Minima sexaginta m
Notas apposuimus quibus quamque mensuram designa-
mus.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
To express the quantity of solid bodies ; we employ the kind
of weight, which in common language is denominated Troy
Weight, and divide the pound in the following manner.
The pound, }fc \ ( Twelve ounces g
The ounce f . • ) Eight drachms 3
The drachm C \ Tnree scruples Q
We have added the signs by which the several weights are
denoted.
To express the quantity of liquids, we employ the mea-
sures which are derived from the wine gallon, and for medi-
cal purposes we divide it in the following manner.
The gallon, cong. \ f Eight pints O
The pint f . \ Sixteen fluidounces f3
T , a j > contains <
1 he tluidounce ( \ Light nuidrachms f 3
The fluidrachm ) ' Sixty minims rri
We have added the signs by which we denote the several
measures.
SO ACETA MEDICATA.
ACETA MEDICATA
ACETUM OPH.
H Opii libram dirnidiam.
Aceti octantes tres.
Mvristicae contusae unciam unam, cum semisse.
Croci unciam dirnidiam.
Ad spissitudinem idoneam coque ; dein adde
Sacchari uncias quatuor ;
Cerevisiae fermenti fluidunciam unam
Digere per septem hebdomadas : dein coelo aperto, donee
fiat sxrupus, expone. Oenique effunde, cola, et vasis vitrtis,
pauxillo sacchari unicuique vasi addito include.
ACETUM SCILLjE.
R Scillae siccatas uncias duas.
Aceti puriticati octantes duos cum semisse.
Alcoholis fluiduncias tres.
Macera scillam in aceto per decern dies, dein liquorem ex-
prime, cui adde alcohol ; et, cum faeces subsederint, purum
efluDde liquorem.
MEDICATED VINEGARS. 61
MEDICATED VINEGARS.
VINEGAR OF OPIUM.
COMMOALY CALLED BLACK DROP.
Take of Opium, half a pound.
Vinegar, three pints.
Nutmeg, bruised, one ounce and a half.
Saffron, half an ounce.
Boil them to a proper consistence, then add
Sugar, four ounces.
Yeast, one fluid ounce.
Digest for seven weeks, then place in the open air until it
becomes a syrup ; lastly, decant, filter, and bottle it up, adding
a little sugar to each bottle.
VINEGAR OF SQUILL.
Take of Squill, dried, two ounces.
Purified vinegar, two pints and a half.
Alcohol, three fluid ounces.
Macerate the squill in the vinegar for ten days ; then press
out the liquor, to which add the alcohol ; and when the dregs
have subsided, pour off the clear liquor.
(32 AC I DA.
ACID A.
ACETUM DIST1LLATUM.
R Aceti octantes octo.
Distillent in vasis vitreis aquae balneo. Octanle primo stil-
lato rejecto, octantes sex proximos serva.
ACETUM PUR1FICATUM.
R Aceti congium unuio.
Carbonis ligni recentis, in pulverem redacti, unciam
unam.
Carbonem aceto admisce, dein liquorem fervefac, despuma,
cola per laneum duplicem ; et postea, vel per chartam cola, vel,
dum subsideant fasces, relinque.
ACIDUM BENZOICUM.
R Benzoini quantumvis.
Liqua in retorta cervice lata, cui aptatus est excipulus non
lutulatus, et calore leni sublima : a tnbo retortae materiam subli-
mataui, ne nimis accumuletur, remove subinde. Si oleo sit in-
quinata, inter chartae bibulae plicas involve ; dein fortiter preme,
et denuo sublima.
ACIDS. 63
ACIDS.
DISTILLED VINEGAR.
Take of Vinegar, eight pints.
Distil in glass vessels, on a water bath. Throw away the
first pint which comes over, and preserve the next six pints.
PURIFIED VINEGAR.
Take of Vinegar, one gallon.
Charcoal, fresh burnt and pulverized, one ounce.
Mix the charcoal and vinegar ; then bring the liquor to a boil-
ing heat, skim, strain through double flannel, and afterwards
filter through paper, or suffer the impurities to subside.
BENZOIC ACID.
Take of Benzoin, any quantity.
Liquify it in a wide necked retort, having a receiver fitted to
it, but not luted, and sublime with a gentle heat. Remove the
sublimed matter occasionally from the tube of the retort, lest it
accumulate in too great quantity. If it be soiled with oil, wrap
it between folds of blotting paper, then press it strongly, and
repeat the sublimation.
64 ACIDA.
ACIDUM CARB0N1CUM.
R Calcis carbonatis, in pulvere crasso quantumvi;
Huic siiperinfuiide aqua; ad tegeuduui satis ; deimle adde pau-
latim acidum sulphuiicum, donee non amplius elicitur aer.
ACIDUM CITRICUM.
H Limonum succi octantem unnm.
Calcis carbonatis piaeparati nnciam unam, seu, quan-
tum ad succum saturandum sit satis.
Acidi sulphurici diluti fluiduncias novera.
Calcis carbonatem succo fervefacto paulatim adde et agitando
misce ; deinde liquorem pflunde. Citratem calcis remanentein,
aqua calida ssepius renovata, ablue ; deinde sicca. Pulveri sic-
cato adde acidum sulphuricum dilutum et per horse partem sextam
coque : dein per hnteum fortiter exprime ; et postea per char-
tarn cola. Latex purus expressus, calore leni, vaporet, ut inter
frigescendum, fiant crvstalli.
Ad crystallos puras reddendas, in aqua ilerum atque tertium
solve ; et toties liquorem cola, decoque, et, durn fiant crvstalli,
sepone.
ACIDUM SULPHURICUM DILUTUM.
R Acidi sulphurici fluidunciam unam.
Aquae fluiduncias septem.
Misce paulatim.
ACIDS. 65
CARBONIC ACID.
Take of Carbonate of lime, id coarse powder, any quantity.
Pour upon it so much water as shall completely cover it ;
then add. by small quantities at a time, sulphuric acid until the
gas ceases to be extricated.
CITRIC ACID.
Take of The juice of lemons, one pint.
Carbonate of lime prepared, one ounce, or as much
as may be sufficient to saturate the juice.
Diluted sulphuric acid, nine fluid ounces.
Add the carbonate of lime by small portions at a time to the
juice, whilst boiling, and mix it by stirring; then pour off the
liquor. Wash the citrate of lime which remains by repeated ad-
ditions of fresh warm water, and then dry it. Add the diluted
sulphuric acid to the dried powder, and boil it for ten minutes ;
then press it strongly through a linen cloth, and afterwards filter
it through paper. Let the clear liquor which has passed be
evaporated in a gentle heat, so that crystals may form as it get*
cold.
To render these crystals pure, dissolve them a second and a
third time in water, and after each solution filter the liquor, boil
it down, and set it by to crystallize.
DILUTED SULPHURIC ACID.
Take of Sulphuric acid, one fluid ounce.
Water, seven fluid ounces.
Mix them gradually.
66 AC1DA.— jETHEREA.
ACIDUM PRUSSICUM.
K. Ferri Prussians uncias quatuor.
Hydrargvri nitrico-oxidi uncias duas cum semisse.
Aquaj distillatre octantem iinuiii.
Coque in vase vitreo, donee hydrargyri oxidum prorsus evan-
uerit ; liquorem cola ; et postea, colo superinfunde flnitluncias
tres aquae calidae distillatae. Liquorem colatum retortaj vi-
treas, cui cervix longa et tubnlata est, infunde : et excipulus,
fliiiilunciam unam aqua? distillate continens, aptetur. Excipulo
sit tubus curvatus ad cyathum aquaj pertinens, ad hydrogenum
aera anferendum. In retortam per os tubulatum uncias duas
cum semisse ramentorum ferri purificatorum introducas ; et
postea, uncias duas acidi sulphurici. Excipulum, vel glacie,
vel aqua frigidissima circunda ; et a balneo arenas unciae tres,
sine bulliendo distillent.
JSTHEREJ1.
jETHER SULPHURICUS.
R. Alcholis.
Acidi sulphurici, singulorum libram cum semisse.
Alcohol retortre vitreae infunde, eique acidum paulatim adjice,
saepius agitans, et cavens ne gradum centesimum vigesimum ca-
lor excedat, donee misceantur. Dein in arenam, ad gradum du-
centesimum prius calefactam, caute impone, ut quam celerrime
ebulliat liquor, transeatque asther in excipulum tubulatum, cui
ACIDS.— ETHER. 67
PRUSSIG ACID.
Take of Prussiate of iron, four ounces.
Nitric oxide of mercury, two ounces and a half.
Distilled water, one pint.
Boil in a glass vessel until the oxide of mercury has wholly
disappeared ; filter the solution, and afterwards pour upon the
strainer three fluid ounces of hot distilled water. Put the filter-
ed solution into a long necked and tubulated glass retort, and
adapt a receiver containing one fluid ounce of distilled water.
The receiver should have a bent tube extending from it to a cup
of water, to carry off the hydrogen gas. Introduce two ounces
of purified iron filings through the tubulure into the retort, and
afterwards, two ounces (by weight) of sulphuric acid. Sur-
round the receiver with ice, or very cold water, and distil with-
out boiling, from a sand bath, three ounces.
PREPARATIONS OF ETHER
SULPHURIC ETHER.
Take of Alcohol.
Sulphuric acid each a pound and a half.
Pour the alcohol into a glass retort, then gradually add to it
the acid, shaking it after each addition, and taking care that their
temperature during the mixture do not exceed 120 Fahr. Im-
merse the retort very cautiously in a sand bath, previously
heated to 200 so that the liquor may boil as speedily as possible.
68 jETHEREA.
aptntum est vas recipiens glacie vel aqua refrigeratum. Distillet
liquor, donee pars aliqua gravior transire incipiet, qua' suh a-the-
re, in fundo receptaciili conspicitur. Liquoriin retorta restanti
rursus alcoholis uncias duodecim aliunde, ut simili modo distillet
aether.
OLEUM iETHEREUM.
Post distillationem astheris sulphurici, lenito calore distillet
iterum liquor, donee spuraa nigra intumescat ; turn protinus ab
igne retortam remove. Liquori qui restat in retorta, aquam ad-
jice, ut supernatet pars oleosa. Hanc aufer, eique admisce aqua?
calcis quantum satis sit, ad acidum, quod inest, 9aturandum, et
simul agita. Denique oleum aethereum separatum exime.
SPIRITUS jETHERIS SULPHURICI.
R. jEtheris sulphurici oc.tantem dimidium.
Alcoholis octantem unum.
Misce.
SPIRITUS jEtheris SULPHURICI COMPOS1TUS.
H. Spiritus setheris sulphurici octantem unum.
Olei stherei fluidrachmas duas.
Misce.
ETHER. 69
and let the ether pass over into a tubulated receiver, to the
tuhulure of which another receiver is applied, which is to be
kept cold by immersion in ice or water Distil the liquor until
the heavier part also begins to pass over and appear under the
ether in the bottom of the receiver. To the liquor which re-
mains in the retort, pour on one pint more of alcohol, and repeat
the distillation in the same manner.
ETHEREAL OIL.
After the distillation of sulphuric ether, carry on the distilla-
tion with a less degree of heat until a black froth begins to rise :
then immediately remove the retort from the fire. Add suffi-
cient water to the liquor in the retort, that the oily parts may
float upon the surface. Separate this and add to it as much lime
water as may be necessary to neutralize the adherent acid, and
shake them together. Lastly collect the ethereal oil which
separates.
SPIRIT OF SULPHURIC ETHER.
Take of Sulphuric ether half a pint.
Alcohol one pint.
Mix.
COMPOUND SPIRIT OF SULPHURIC ETHER.
FORMERLY HOFFMAN'S ANODYNE LIQUOR.
Take of Spirit of sulphuric ether one pint.
Ethereal oil two fluid drachms.
Mix.
70 jETHEREA.— alcohol.— alumen.
SPIRITUS JETHERIS N1TROSI.
R. Alcoholis octantes duos.
Acidi nitrici, uncias tres.
Alcoholi acidum paulatim adjice, et misce, cavens ne gradum
centosimnm vigesiinutn calor excedat : turn leni calore, distillenl
fluiJuncis viginti quatuor.
ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOL DILUTUM.
B. Alcoholis octantem unum.
Aquse distillate octantem unum.
Misce.
ALTJMEN.
ALUMEN EXSICCATUM.
R. Aluminis quantumvis.
In vase vel 6c.tili vel ferreo super igneliquescat, et cum cessa-
verit ebullitio, remove.
ETHER.— ALCOHOL.— ALUM. 71
SPIRIT OF NITROUS ETHER.
Take of Alcohol two pints.
Nitric acid, three ounces.
Mix them very gradually together by pouring the acid into
the alcohol, and taking care that the heat during the mixture
does not exceed 120. Then, by means of a gentle heat, distil
twenty-four fluid ounces.
ALCOHOL.
DILUTED ALCOHOL.
Take of Alcohol, one pint.
Distilled water, one pint.
Mix.
ALUM.
DRIED ALUM.
Take of Alum, any quantity.
Melt it in an earthen or iron vessel over the fire, and remove
it when it ceases to boil.
7* AMMONIA.
AMMONIA
ALCOHOL AMMONIATUM.
B. Alcoholis octantes duos.
Calcis recentis libram unam.
Ammonia? muriatis in pulverem redacti UDcias octo.
Aquse octaDtem dimidium.
Calci adjice aquam, et, dum calx macerando dilabitur, sepone ;
dein calcem intromitte in retortam vitream arena? balneo super-
impositam, cujus cervici aptatus est excipulus, qui frigidus ser-
vandus est ; calci immitte ammonia? muriatem et alcohol, et
lento igni distillent, donee liquor in excipulo ad octantem cum
semisse creverit.
AMMONLE ACETAS LIQUIDUS.
H. Ammonia? carbonatis, in pulverem redacti quantum-
vis.
Adde paulatim et sa?pe agitando, aceti puriticati quantum ad
saturandum accurate ammonia? carbonatem suffecerit.
AQUA AMMONITE.
H. Ammonia? muriatis in pulverem redacti libram unam.
Calcis recentis libram unam cum semisse.
Aqua? congium unum.
Calci adjice aqua? octantes duos et dum calx macerando dila-
bitur sepone : dein calcem intromitte in retortam vitream arenffi
AMMONIA. 73
AMMONIA.
AMMONIATED ALCOHOL.
Take of Alcohol, two pints.
Lime, recently burnt, one pound.
Muriate of ammonia, in powder, eight ounces.
Water, half a pint.
Add the water to the lime, let them stand till the lime is slack-
ed ; then put the lime into a glass retort resting on a sand bath, to
the beak of which is connected a glass receiver, which is to be
kept cold : add to the lime the muriate of ammonia and the alco-
hol, and distil with a slow fire until the liquid in the receiver
amounts to one pint and a half.
LIQUID ACETATE OF AMMONIA.
COMMONLY CALLED SPIRIT OF MINDKRERUS.
Take of Carbonate of ammonia, in powder, any quantity.
Add, by small portions, with frequent agitation, so much puri-
fied vinegar, as shall be sufficient exactly to saturate the carbo-
nate of ammonia.
WATER OF AMMONIA.
Take of Muriate of ammonia, in powder, one pound.
Lime, fresh burnt, one pound and a half.
Water, one gallon.
Add to the lime, two pints of the water ; let them stand until
the lime is slacked, then put the lime into a glass retort, resting
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74 AMMONIA.
balneo sunerimpositam, cujus cervici aptatns est excipulus am-
plus qui frigidus servandus est. Calci ammonia; nmriatrm et
aquam re*tantem adde, et igne leni distillent, donee liquor la
excipulo ad octantes duos creverit.
AMMONIA CARBONAS.
R. Ammonia; muriatis libram unam.
Calci- carbonatis mollis siccati libram unam cum se-
misse.
In pulverem separatim redige dein assidue permisce ; et ex
rttorta, in excipulum frigidum sublima.
AQUA AMMONITE CARBONATIS.
1 1. Ammonia; muriatic.
Potassa; carbonatis, utriusque uncias sexdecim
Aqua; octantes duos.
Salibus mistis, et retorta; viirea; intromissis, aquam infunde, et
in arena; balneo, calore gradatim aucto, ad siccitatem fiat dis-
tillatio.
AMMONIA HYDROSULPHURETUM.
H. Aquas ammonia; flniduncias quatuor.
In apparatu chemico, subjice rivo atrio qui oriatur ex
Antimonii sulphureti unciis quatuor.
Acidi muriatici unciis octo, prius aqua; octantibus duo-
bus cum semisse dilutis.
t£uod exinde oriatur, in vase vitreo, accurate obturato, ser-
retur.
AMMONIA. 75
on a sand bath, to the beak of which is connected a large glass
receiver, which is to be kept cold ; add to the lime the muriate
of ammonia, and the remainder of the water; and distil with a
slow fire, until the liquid in the receiver amount to two pints.
CARBONATE OF AMMONIA.
Take of Muriate of ammonia, one pound.
Soft carbonate of lime, dried, one pound and a half.
Having triturated them separately, mix them thoroughly, and
sublime from a retort into a receiver kept cold.
WATER OF CARBONATE OF AMMONIA.
Take of Muriate of ammonia ;
Carbonate of potass, each sixteen ounces.
Water, two pints.
Having mixed the salts and put them into a glass retort, pour
the water upon them, and distil to dryness in a sand bath, gra-
dually increasing the heat.
HYDROSULPHURET OF AMMONIA.
Take of Water of ammonia, four fluid ounces ;
Subject it in a chemical apparatus to a stream of the gas, which
arises from
Sulphuret of antimony, four ounces.
Muriatic acid, eight ounces, previously diluted with
two pints and a half of water.
Preserve the product in a close stripped glass vessel.
ANTIMONIUM.
ANTIMONIUM.
PULVIS ANTIMONIALIS.
B. Antimonii sulphured, in pulverem crassum triti, par-
tem unam.
Comu cervi rasi, partes duas.
Misce, et in ollam ferream latam injice, igne rubentem, et assi-
due agita donee in materiam coloris cinerei usta fuerint, quam ab
igne anfer, et in pulverem tere, et crucibulo loricato immitte ;
huic crucibulum aliud inversuoa, cui parvum sit in fundo fora-
men, luto conjunge, ignemque subministra, quern ad calorem
candentem sensim auge, et ita auctum serva per horas duas ;
denique materiam frigefactam in pulverem subtilissimum tere.
ANTIMONII MURIAS.
R. Antimonii oxidi ;
Acidi sulphurici, utriusque libram unam.
Soda; muriatis exsiccati libras duas.
Acidum sulphuricum retorts: infunde, paulatim addens sods
muriatem et antimonii oxidum, prius commista ; dein super are-
nam calidam fiat distillatio. Materia distillata per aliquot dies
aeri pateat, ut liquescat ; turn effundatur e faecibus pars liquida.
ANTIMONY. 77
ANTIMONY.
ANTIMON1AL POWDER.
CALLED JAMES' POWDER.
Take of Sulphuret of antimony, in coarse powder, one part.
Hartshorn, in shavings, two parts.
Mix and put them in a wide, red hot iron pot, and stir the
mixture constantly, until it be burnt into a matter of an ash grey
colour, which is to be then removed from the fire, ground into
powder, and put into a coated crucible ; lute to this crucible
another inverted over it, and perforated in the bottom with a
small hole, and apply the fire, which is to be raised gradually to
a white heat, and kept in that increased state for two hours ;
lastly, grind the matter, when cold, into a very fine powder.
MURIATE OF ANTIMONY.
Take of Oxide of antimony ;
Sulphuric acid, of each, one pound.
Dried muriate of soda, two pounds.
Pour the sulphuric acid into a retort, gradually adding the
muriate of soda, and oxide of antimony, previously mixed. Then
perform the distillation in a sand bath. Expose the distilled
matter for several days to the air, that it may deliquesce, and
then pour the liquor from the feces.
ANTIMONIUM.
ANTIMONII OXIDUM.
R. Antimonii sulphureti ;
Potassm uitratis, utriusquo pondera paria.
Separatim trita, et bene comiuista injiciantur in crucibulum
candens. Peracta deflagratione, materia rubescens a crusta albi-
canle 'eparetur, et teratur in pulverem, qui seepius lavetur aqua
calida, donee hax in&ipida maiie.it.
ANTIMONII OXIDUM VITRIFICATUM.
R. Antimonii sulphureti, quantumvis, in pulverem eras-
sum, arena? instar, contriti.
Insterne super vas fictile, non vitreatutn, parum profundum,
ignemque suppone lenem ut anlimonii sulphuretum lente cale-
fiat ; pulverem interea assidue agitans, ne in grumos coeat. Va-
pores albi, sulphur olentes, ex eo orientur. Cum hi, eodem
calore deficiant, ignem auge aliqnantum, ut iterum vapores exha-
let ; et sic perge, donee pulvis igne tandem rubescens vapores
non amplius exhalet. Pulvis ille crncibulo inditus liquescat
igne \iolento, donee vitri liqnefacti speciem induat ; dein effun-
datur super laminam aeneam calefactam.
ANTIMONII OXIDUM VITRIFICATUM CUM CERA.
R Cera- tiara;, partem nnam.
Antimonii oxidi vitrificati, partes octo.
ANTIMONY. 79
OXIDE OF ANTIMONY.
FORMERLY CROCUS OF ANTIMONY.
Take of Sulphuret of antimony ;
Nitrate of potass, of each equal weights.
After they are separately powdered and well mixed, let them
be thrown into a r.?d hot crucible. When the deflagration is
over, separate the reddish matter from the whitish crust, and
reduce it to a powder, which is to be repeatedly washed with
hot water, till the water remains insipid.
VITRIFIED OXIDE OF ANTIMONY.
FORMERLY GLASS OF ANTIMONY.
Take of Sulphuret of antimony, any quantity, beat into coarse
powder like sand.
Strew it upon an unglazed shallow earthern vessel, and place
it over a gentle fire, that the sulphuret of antimony may be slow-
ly heated, at the same time stirring the powder constantly, to
prevent it from running into lumps White vapours, having the
odour of sulphur, will arise from it. When these cease with
the degree of heat first applied, raise the heat a little, so that
the vapours may arise again ; go on in this manner, till tlie
powder, brought to a red heat, exhales no more vapours. Melt
this powder in a crucible, with an intense heat, till it assumes
the appearance of melted glass; then pour it upon a heated
brass plate.
VITRIFIED OXIDE OF ANTIMONY WITH WAX.
FORMERLY CERATED GLASS OF ANTIMONY.
Take of Yellow wax. one part.
Vitrified oxide of antimony, eight parts.
80 ANTIMON1UM.
Cerae in vase ferreo liquifactae injice oxidum in pulverem tri-
tum, ettorre. igne leni, per horse quadrantem, spathula assidue
agitans ; dein eifunde raateriam, quae frigefacta teratur in pul-
verem.
ANTIMONII SULPHURETUM PR.ECIPITATUM.
R. Aquas potassae, libras quatuor.
Aquas octantes tres.
Antimonii sulphureti praeparati, libras duas.
Coque in olla ferrea operta, super ignem lenem, per boras
tres, saepe agitans spathula ferrea, et addens aquam prout opus
fuerit. Liquorem calidum cola per linteum duplex, et colato adde
acidi sulpliurici diluti quantum satis sit ad dejiciendum sulphure-
tum, aqua calida diligenter lavandum.
ANTIMONII SULPHURETUM PRiEPARATUM.
Antimonii sulphuretum praeparatur eodum modum ac calcis
carbonas.
ANTIMONIUM TARTARIZATUM.
R. Antimonii in pulverem redacti partem unatn.
Acidi sulphurici partes duas.
ANTIMONY. 81
Melt the wax in an iron vessel, and throw into it the powdered
oxide ; roast the mixture over a gentle fire, for a quarter of an
hour, continually stirring it with a spatula ; then pour it out, and,
when cold, grind it into powder.
PRECIPITATED SULPHURET OF ANTIMONY.
FORMERLY GOLDEN SULPHUR OF ANTIMONY.
Take of Solution of potass, four pounds.
Water, three pints.
Prepared sulphuret of antimony, two pounds.
Boil them in a covered iron pot, over a slow fire, for three
hours, frequently stirring the mixture with an iron spatula, and
adding water as it may be required. Strain the hot liquor
through a double linen cloth, and add to it, when strained, as
much diluted sulphuric acid as may be necessary to precipitate
the sulphuret, which must be well washed with warm water.
PREPARED SULPHURET OF ANTIMONY.
Sulphuret of antimony is prepared in the same way as carbo-
nate of lime.
TARTARIZED ANTIMONY.
FORMERLY TARTAR EMETIC.
Take of Antimony, (the metal) in powder, one part.
Sulphuric acid, two parts.
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82 AQUjE MEDICATE.
In vase ferreo, aperto, ad siccitatem, spathula ferrea saepe
mixturam agitans, coque. Acidum adliuc liberum aqua ablue ; et
residuum sicca ; cui potassae supertnrtratem pari pondere, in
aqua solutum adde. Dein in vase ferreo coque, cola, et, dum
fiant crystalli, sepone. Liquor, qui restat, si iterurn vaporatus
et colatus, crystallos iterurn deponet ; si autern has minus lucidae
sint, denuu solvantur et deponantur.
AQ1JM MEDIC AT.JE.
AQUA ACIDI CARBONICI.
R. Aquas quantumvis.
Huic, antlia condensanti, tantum acidi carbonici ingere, quan-
tum volumen suum decies circiter superat.
AQUA MAGNESLE.
B. Aquae congium unum.
Magnesia? carbonatis drachmas tres.
Misce, et antlia condensanti, tantum acidi carbonici ingere,
quantum volumen suum decies circiter superat.
Hoc modo parantur
AQUA POTASSiE,
Ex potassae subcarbonatis uncia una.
AQUA SODiE.
Ex sodas subcarbonatis unciis duabus.
MEDICATED WATERS. §3
Boil them to dryness in an open iron vessel, frequently stirring
the mixture with an iron spatula. Wash out all the uncombined
acid, with water, and dry the residuum ; to which add an equal
weight of supertartrate of potass, dissolved in water; then boil
in an iron vessel, filter, and set by to crystallize. The evapo-
ration, filtration, and crystallization may be repeated with the
fluid which remains ; but if the crystals are not perfectly clear,
they must be dissolved in water and recrystallized.
MEDICATED WATERS.
CARBONIC ACID WATER.
COMMONLY CALLED SELTZER WATER.
Take of Water, any quantity.
Impregnate it with about ten times its volume of carbonic acid
gas, by means of a forcing pump.
MAGNESIA WATER.
COMMONLY CALLED LIQUID MAGNESIA.
Take of Water, one gallon.
Carbonate of magnesia, three drachms.
Mix, and impregnate it with about ten times its volume of car-
bonic acid gas, by means of a forcing pump.
In like manner are prepared
POTASS WATER,
From one ounce of subcarbonate of potass.
SODA WATER,
From two ounces of subcarbonate of soda
84 AQUiE DISTILLATE.
AQJJ& DISTILLATE.
AQUA AURANTII CORTICIS.
H. Aurantii corticis recentis libras duas.
His effundatur aquae satis ad evitandum empyreuma. Post
macerationem debitam distillentur octantes decern.
Hoc modo parantur
AQUA CINNAMOMI,
Ex cianamomi contusi libra una.
AQUA MENTHA PIPERITA,
Ex raenthae piperitae florentis libris tribus.
AQUA MENTHA VIRIDIS,
Ex menthae viridis florentis libris tribus.
AQUA ROSARUM,
Ex rosarum recentium libris sex.
Singulis haruin aquarum octantibus adde alcoholis diluti rlui-
dunciam dimidiam.
Aqua3 distillatae in lagenis vitreis obturatis serventur.
AQUA D1STILLATA.
Aqua distilletur vasis permundis, donee ejus duo circiter tri-
entes stillaverint. Aquam distillatara io lagena vitrea servato.
DISTILLED WATERS. 85
DISTILLED WATERS.
WATER OF ORANGE PEEL.
Take of Fresh orange peel, two pounds.
Pour upon it water enough to prevent empyreuma, and after
due maceration distil ten pints.
In the same manner are prepared
CINNAMON WATER,
From a pound of bruised cinnamon.
PEPPERMINT WATER,
From three pounds of peppermint in flower.
SPEARMINT WATER,
From three pounds of spearmint in flower.
ROSE WATER,
From six pounds of fresh roses.
To every pint of distilled water add half a fluidounce of di>
luted alcohol.
Distilled waters should be kept in well stopped glass bottles.
DISTILLED WATER.
Let water be distilled in very clean vessels until about two
thirds have come over, which is to be kept in a glass bottlp.
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Si- ARGENTUM.— ARSENICUM.
ARGENTVM.
ARGENTI NITRAS.
It. Argenti puri, in larainas coraplanati, et minutatim
consecti, unciuin unam.
Acidi nitrici tluidunciam unam.
Aquae distillate fluiduncias duas.
Acidutu cum aqua mi-.ce, et in ea mistura, arena' balneo, argen-
tum solve. Dein calorem gradatim auge, ut argenti nitras sic-
cetur. Salem crucibulo, leni super igni solve, donee, aqua ex-
pulsa, cessaverit ebullitio, et instar olei fluxerit massa. Turn
cito in formas idoneas effunde. Denique, in vase vitreo, accu-
rate obturato, et a luce retnoto, serva.
ARSENICUM
LIQUOR POTASSjE ARSENIATIS.
R. Acidi arseniosi, in pulverem subtilem redacti ;
Potassae subcarbonatis, utriusque grana sexaginta
quatuor.
Aquae distillate octantem unum.
In vase vitreo concoque donee acidum arseniosum omne re-
solvatur. Liquorem frigefactum in mensuram octariam infunde ;
et adde
Alcoholis rluidrachmas quatuor,
Et aquae distillatas quantum suffecerit ad mensuram complen-
dam.
SILVER.— ARSENIC 87
SILVER.
NITRATE OF SILVER.
FORMERLY LUNAR CAUSTIC.
Take of Pure silver, flattened into plates, and cut into pieces 4
one ounce.
Nitric acid, one fluidounce.
Distilled water, two fluidounces.
Mix the nitric acid and water, and dissolve the silver therein
on a sand bath ; then increase the heat gradually that the ni-
trate of silver may be dried. Melt the salt in a crucible over a
slow fire, until the water being evaporated, it ceases to boil, and
the mass flows like oil ; then pour it quickly into moulds of con-
venient shape. Lastly, keep it in a glass vessel very well
stopped, and secured from light.
jmsErfic.
ARSENICAL SOLUTION.
Take of Arsenious acid, in fine powder ;
Subcarbonate of potass, each sixty-four grains.
Distilled water, one pint.'
Boil them together in a glass vessel until the arsenic is entire-
ly dissolved. When the solution is cold, pour it into a pint
measure, and add thereto
Alcohol, four fluidrachms,
And so much distilled water, as shall fill up the measure.
88 AURUM.— BARYTA.
JHTRUM.
AURI MURIAS.
R. Auri quRntumvis.
Calore leni solve io mistura, ex acidi nitnci parte una, etacidi
muriatici parlibus duabus composita ; turn liquor ad siccitatem leni
calore vaporet. Adde residuo soda? muriatis pondus par, et
aasidue permisce. Misturam in aqua distillata solve, et ad sio
citatem paulatim vaporet. Massam collectam serva in va9e
vitreo accurate vitro obturato, et a luce submoto.
BARYTA
BARYTA MURIAS.
R. Barytae sulphatis, libras duas.
Carbonis ligni, in pulverem triti, uncias quatuor.
Igne torreatur sulphas, quo facilius teratur in pulverem te-
buissimum, cui bene admiscendus est pulvis carbonatis ligni. In-
datur materies crucibulo, et, adaptato operculo, urgeatur igne
forti per horas sex Materia bene trita immittatur in aquas
bullientis octantes sex id vase vitreo vel figulino, et agitatione
permisceatur, aeris aditu, quantum fieri possit, occluso.
Stet vas in balneo vaporis, donee subsederit pars non soluta ;
dein effundatur liquor. Illi affundantur denuo aquae bull ientis
octantes quatuor ; quae post agitationem et subsidentiam priori
GOLD.— BARYTA. 89
GOLD.
MURIATE OF GOLD.
Take of Pure gold, any quantity.
Dissolve it by means of a iroderate heat, in a mixture formed
by uniting one part of nitric acid with two parts of muriatic
acid ; evaporate the solution to dryness by a gentle heat ; add
to the residuum an equal weight of nimiate of soda, and mix
them thoroughly together. Dissolve the mixture in distilled
water, and evaporate slowly to dryness. Collect the mass and
keep it in a glass-stopped phial, which should be accurately
closed, and preserved from the action of light.
BARYTA.
MURIATE OF BARYTA.
Take of Sulphate of baryta, two porinds.
Charcoal in powder, four ounce9.
Roast the sulphate, that it may be more easily reduced to a
very fine powder, with which the powdered charcoal is to be
intimately mixed. Put the mixture into a crucible, and having
fitted it with a cover, heat it with a strong fire for six hours.
Then triturate the matter well, and throw it into six pints of
water in an earthen or glass vessel, and mix them by agitation,
preventing as much as possible the action of the air.
Let the vessel stand in a vapour bath until the part not dis-
solved shall subside, then pour off the liquor. On the undis-
solved part ponr four pints more of boiling water, which, after
agitation, and deposition, are to be added to the former liquor.
90 BISMUTHUM.
liquori addantur. Liquori adhuc calido, vel si friguerit iteruui
calefrcto, instilletur acidum rouriaticum, quandiu moverit effer-
vescentiam. Dein coletur, et vaporet ut crystalli fortnentur.
LIQUOR BARYTA MURIATIS.
R. Baryta? muriatis unciam unain.
Aqua' distillates fluidunciam tres.
Solve.
BISMUTHUM.
B1SMUTHI SUBNITRAS.
R. Bismuthi unciam unam.
Acidi nitrici ;
Aquse, utriusque fluiduncias tres.
Acidum nitricum aqua; agitando admisce ; turn bismufhum,
mortario ferreo in pulverem subactum acido diluto gradatim
adde ; et vas, donee solutum fuerit metallum, sepone. Liquo-
rem purum in vas vitreum amplum transfunde, et congium
dimidium aquae distillates liquoris fluiduncise unicuique infunde.
Cuii) praecipitatum album subsederit, liquidum supernatans ef-
funde ; et additionem et transfusionem, donee aqua insipida
evade, itera, Pulverem albidum collectum, calore nullo adhi-
bito, sicca : et in vase vitreo, luce exclusa, serva.
BISMUTH. 91
Into the liquor, when still warm, or if it shall have cooled, again
heated, drop muriatic acid as long as it excites any efferves-
cence. Then strain it, and evaporate it so as to crystallize.
SOLUTION OF MURIATE OF BARYTA.
Take of Muriate of baryta, one ounce.
Distilled water, three fluidounces.
Dissolve.
BISMUTH.
SUB-NITRATE OF BISMUTH.
FORMERLY WHITE OXIDE OF BISMUTH.
Take of Bismuth, one ounce.
Nitric acid ;
Water, each three fluidounces.
Add the water and nitric acid together with agitation, then
reduce the bismuth to powder in an iron mortar. Add it by
small portions at a time to the diluted acid, and allow the vessel
to remain at rest, until the metal is dissolved. Decant the clear
solution into a large glass vessel, and for every fluidounce of the
liquid, pour in half a gallon of distilled water. When the white
precipitate has subsided, pour off the supernatant liquid, and
repeat the addition and decantation until the water comes off
tasteless ; collect the white powder, dry it without the applica-
tion of heat, and keep it in a glass vessel secluded from light.
92 CALX.
CALX.
AQUA CALCIS.
R. Calcis selibram.
Aquae distillatae ferventis octantes duodecim.
Calci aquam aliunde, et simul agita ; turn protinus vas con-
tege, et sepone per horas tres ; dein liquorem cum calce super-
stite in vasis vitreis obluratis serva, et, quaodocunque uteri
dum est, ex limpido liquore sume.
CALCIS CARBON AS PRjEPARATUS.
R. Calcis carbonatis mollis libram unam.
Calcis carbonati adjice aquas paululum, et tere, ut fiat pulvis
subtilis. Hunc in vas amplum aqua plenum conjice ; turn agita,
et, brevi mora interposita, in vas aliud aquam adhuc turbidam
supernatantem transmitte, et sepone, dum subsidat pulvis ; de-
nique, rejecta aqua, pulverem exsicca.
LIQUOR CALCIS MURIATIS.
R. Calcis carbonatis duripris, in frusta contusi, uncias
novem.
Acidi muriatici uncias sexdecim.
Aqua3 octantem dimiilium.
Acidum cum aqua, misce, et frusta calcis carbonatis paulatim
adde. Effervescentia finila, digere per horam ; liquorem ef-
funde, et per vaporationem ad siccitJtem redige. Residuum
solve in sesquialtero pondere aquae ; et demum cola.
LIME. 93
LIME.
LIME WATER.
Take of Lime, half a pound.
Boiling water, twelve pints.
Pour the water upon the lime and stir them together ; next
cover the vessel immediately, and let it stand for three hours ;
then keep the solution upon the remaining lime in stopped glass
bottles, and pour off the clear liquor when it is wanted for use.
PREPARED CARBONATE OF LIME.
Take of Soft carbonate of lime, one pound.
Add a small quantity of water to the carbonate of lime, and
grind it into a fine powder ; throw this powder into a large vessel
full of water, then stir it, and after a short interval, pour the su-
pernatant turbid solution into another vessel, and set it by, that
the powder may subside ; lastly, having poured away the water,
dry the powder.
SOLUTION OF MURIATE OF LIME.
Take of Hard carbonate of lime, broken in pieces, nine ounces.
Muriatic acid, sixteen ounces.
Water, half a pint.
Mix the acid with the water, and gradually add the pieces of
lime. When the effervescence has ceased, digest them for an
hour, pour off the liquor, and evaporate to dryness. Dissolve
the residuum in its weight and a half of water, and, lastly, filter
the solution.
94 CERATA.
CERATA.
Cerata parantur ex oleo vel adipe cum cera et resina in unum
eorpus redacto, quibus medicamenta varia saepe commiscentur.
Crassitudinem talein habere debent, ut in Iinamentum vel lin-
teolura facile obducantur ; sed ut non diffluant cum corpori ap-
ponantur.
CERATUM ARSENICI.
R. Cerati simplicis unciam unam.
Acidi arscniosi in pulverem triti scrupulum unum.
Cerato igne emollito adjice acidum et misce.
CERATUM CANTHARIDUM.
R. Ceree tiara? ;
Resinae pini ;
Olei olivae singulorum partes duas.
Cantharidum in pulverem tritarum partes tres.
Cerae, resinae et oleo prius simul liquefactis cantharides
adjice, et assidue move donee refrixerint.
CERATUM JUNIPERI VIRGINIAN1.
R. Cerati resinosi partes sex.
Juniperi Virginiani in pulverem triti partem unam.
Cerato igne leDto emollito juniperum adjice et misce.
CERATES. 95
CERATES.
Cerates are composed of oil or lard united with wax and resin,
to which various medicaments are frequently added. They
should be of such consistence that they may be easily spread on
iint or linen, yet not melt or run when applied to the body.
CERATE OF ARSENIC.
Take of Simple cerate, one ounce.
Arsenious acid in powder, one scruple.
Soften the cerate, and mix in the acid.
CERATE OF CANTHARIDES.
Take of Yellow wax ;
Pine resin ;
Olive oil, each, two parts.
Cantharides in powder, three parts.
To the wax, resin and oil, previously melted together, add the
cantharides, carefully stirring the whole until cool.
CERATE OF RED CEDAR.
Take of Resin cerate, six parts.
Red cedar in powder, one part.
To the cerate previously softened, add the cedar and mix.
96 CERATA.
CERATUM PLUMBI SUBACETATIS LIQUIDI.
B. Plumbi subacetatis liquidi fluiduncias duas cum se-
miMse.
Cera? flavae uncias quatuor.
Olei olivae fluiduncias novem.
Camphorae drachmam dimidiam.
Ceram liquefactam cum olei fluidunciis octo misce : turn ab
igne remove, et ubi primum lentescant liquorem plumbi subace-
tatis paulatim adjice, et assidue move spatha lignea donee refrix-
erint. Denique cum his camphoram iu reliquo oleo liquatam
misce.
CERATUM PLUMBI SUBCARBONATIS COMPOSI-
TUM.
B. Emplastri plumbi subcarbonatis compositi partes
quinque.
Olei olivse partem unam.
Emplastro liquefacto adjice oleum, assidue movens donee re-
frixerint.
CERATUM RESINOSUM.
B. Adipis partes octo.
Resinae pini partes quinque.
Cerse flavse partes duas.
Liquefac simul et assidue move donee refrixerint.
CERATES. 97
CERATE WITH SUBACETATE OF LEAD.
GOULARD'S CERATE.
Take of Liquid subacetate of lead tvvo fluidounces and a half.
Yellow wax, four ounces.
Olive oil, nine fluidounces.
Camphor, half a drachm.
Mix the wax, previously melted, with eight ounces of oil :
remove the mixture from the fire, and when it begins to thicken,
gradually pour in the liquid subacetate of lead, stirring constant-
ly with a wooden spatula until cool. Lastly, add the camphor
dissolved in the remainder of the oil, and mix.
CERATE OF SUBCARBONATE OF LEAD.
Take of Compound plaster of subcarbonate of lead, five parts.
Olive oil, one part.
To the plaster, previously melted, add the oil, stirring the
whole constantly together until cool.
RESIN CERATE.
Take of Lard, eight parts.
Pine resin, five parts.
Yellow wax, two parts.
Melt and stir them together until cool.
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98 CERATA.
CERATUM RESINOSUM COMPOSITUM.
R. Sevi ;
Cerae flavae utriusque libram unam.
Resinae pini libram imam.
Terebinthinae libram dimidiam.
Lini olei oclantem dimidiam.
Liquefac simu), et per linteum exprime.
CERATUM SABINE.
R. Cerati re«inosi partes sex.
Sabinae foliorum in pulverem tritorum partem unam.
Cerato emollito sabinam adjice, et misce.
CERATUM SAPONIS.
R. Saponis uncias octo.
Cerae flavae uncias decern.
Plumbi oxidi semivitrei in pulverem triti libram unam.
Olei olivae octantem unam.
Aceti coDgium unum.
Coque acetum cum plumbi oxido, lento igne, assidue movens,
donee in unum coeant ; dein adjice saponem et iterum simili
modo coque, donee humor penitus consumptns fuerit ; denique
ceram cum oleo prius liquefactam caeteris immisce.
CERATES. 99
COMPOUND RESIN CERATE.
Take of Suet ;
Yellow wax, each, one pound.
Pine resin, one pound.
Turpentine, half a pound.
Flax seed oil half a pint.
Melt them together, and strain through linen.
SAVIN CERATE.
Take of Resin cerate, six parts.
Savin leaves, in powder, one part.
To the cerate, previously softened, add the savin and mix.
SOAP CERATE.
Take of Castile soap, eight ounces.
Yellow wax, ten ounces.
Semivitreous oxide of lead, in powder, one pound.
Olive oil, a pint.
Vinegar, a gallon.
Boil the vinegar with the oxide of lead, over a slow fire, con-
stantly stirring until the union is complete ; then add the soap
and boil it again in a similar manner, until the liquid part is
evaporated ; then mix in the wax, previously melted with the
•il.
100 COLLYKIA.
CERATUM SIMPLEX.
R. Olei oliva? partes sex.
Cerae alba; partes tres.
Spermatis ceti partem unatn.
Spermati ceti et cerae simul liquefactis oleum adjice, et move
donee ret'rixerint.
CERATUM Z1NCI CARBONATIS 1MPURI.
B. Adipis libram unam.
Cera? flavre uncias quinque cum semisse.
Zinci carbonatis impuri libram dimidiam.
Cera? et adipi simul liquefactis zincum adjice et assidue move
donee refrixerint.
COLLrRM.
COLLYRIUM PLUMB! ACETATIS.
R. Plumbi acetntis scrupulutn imam.
Aqua? distillata? octantem dimidium.
Fiat solutio.
COLLYRIUM PLUMBI ACETATIS ET OPII.
R. Plumbi acetatis scrupulum unum.
Aquae distillate octantem dimidium.
Tincturre opii fluidraehmam unam.
Misce.
COLLYRIA. 161
SIMPLE CERATE.
Take of Olive oil, six parts.
White wax, three parts.
Spermaceti, one part.
Melt the wax and spermaceti together, then add the oil, stir-
ring until the whole is cool.
CERATE OF IMPURE CARBONATE OF ZINC.
TURNER'S CERATE.
Take of Lard, one pound.
Yellow wax, five ounces and a half.
Impure carbonate of zinc, half a pound.
To the lard and wax, previously melted together, add the zinc,
carefully stirring the whole until cool.
COLLY El A.
COLLYRIUM OF ACETATE OF LEAD.
Take of Acetate of lead, a scruple.
Distilled water, half a pint.
Mix and dissolve.
COLLYRIUM OF OPIUM AND ACETATE OF LEAD.
Take of Acetate of lead, a scruple.
Distilled water, half a pint.
Tincture of opium, a fluidrachm.
Mix.
102 CONFECTIONED
COLLYRIUM ZINCI ACETATIS.
R. Zinci sulphatis grana duodecim.
Plumbi acetatis graDa sexdecim.
Aqua? distillatae octantem dicuidium.
Fiat solutio, et precipitatione facto, eflundatur liquor purus
COLLYRIUM ZINCI SULPHATIS.
R. Zinci sulphatis grana duodecim.
Aquae distillatae octantem diuidium.
Fiat solutio.
CONFECTIONES.
Confectio massa composita est ex medicamento quovis cum
saccharioo tali niodo confecta, ut vel virtutes conserret, vel sa-
porem obteget, vel facilius adhibendum reddat.
CONFECTIO AROMATICA.
R. Lauri cassias corticis ;
Cardamomi ;
Zingiberis, singulorum uociam unam.
In pulverem subtilissimum subige, et adde
Syrupi aurantii corticis fiuiduncias sex.
Misce, et diligenter contunde.
CONFECTIONS. 103
COLLYRIUM OF ACETATE OF ZINC.
Take of Sulphate of zinc twelve grains.
Acetate of lead, sixteen grains.
Distilled water, half a pint.
Mix and dissolve, and after precipitation pour off the clear
liquid.
COLLYRIUM OF SULPHATE OF ZINC.
Take of Sulphate of zinc twelve grains.
Distilled water, half a pint.
Mix and dissolve.
CONFECTIONS.
A confection is a compound mass, prepared by uniting a me-
dicinal substance with saccharine matter, in such manner as to
preserve the virtues of the medicament, to cover its taste, or to
facilitate its administration.*
AROMATIC CONFECTION.
Take of Cassia bark ;
Cardamom ;
Ginger, of each, one ounce.
Reduce them to a very fine powder, and add
Syrup of orange peel, six fluidouoces.
Mix, and beat them well together.
• Under this head are included the Conserves, Electuaries, and Confections of
former Pharmacopoeias.
104 CONFECTIONES.
CONFECTIO AURANTII CORT1CIS.
R. Aurantii corticis recentis partem unam.
Sacchari partes tres.
Aurantii corticem, adjuto paulatim saccharo, in pulpain con-
tunde.
CONFECTIO CASSIA.
H. Cassiae fistulas pulpae partes quatuor.
Tamarindi pulpne ;
Mannae, utriusque, partem unam.
Syrupi aurantii corticis, partes quatuor.
Mannam prius in mortario contusam. calore leni, in syrupo
solve : dein adde pulpas ; et perstante calore, ad crassitudi-
oem idoneam vaporent.
CONFECTIO ROS.E.
B. Rosa3 quantumvis.
In pulpam contunde, et sacchari, inter contundendum, pondns
triplex adde.
CONFECTIO SCAMMONIiE.
H. Scammnniae ;
Zingiberis, utriusque in pulverem redacti, unciam
ur.am-
Caryophyllornm olei minima viginti.
Syrupi aurantii corticis quantum sit satis.
CONFECTIONS. 105
CONFECTION OF ORANGE PEEL.
Take of Fresh orange peel, one part.
Sugar, three parts.
Bruise the peel to a pulp, gradually adding the sugar during
the beating.
CONFECTION OF CASSIA.
Take of Purging cassia, four parts.
Tamarind, the pulp ;
Manna, of each, one part.
Syrup of orange peel, four parts.
Having beat the manna in a mortar, dissolve it with a gentle
heat in the syrup ; then add the pulps, and evaporate with a
regularly continued heat to a proper consistence.
CONFECTION OF ROSES.
COMMONLY CALLED CONSERVE OF ROSES.
Take of Roses, any quantity.
Beat them to a pulp ; and add, during the beating, three times
their weight of sugar.
CONFECTION OF SCAMMONY.
Take of Scammony ;
Ginger, of each in powder, one ounce.
Oil of cloves, one fluid scruple.
Syrup of orange peel, what is sufficient
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106 CUPRUM.
In pulverem subtilissimum arida simul tere : dein inter syru-
pura gradatim addendum, iterum contere : turn caryophylloruro
oleum adde : et omnia coramisce.
CONFECTIO SENNiE.
R. Senna; uncias octo.
Coriacdri uncias quatuor.
Glycyrrhizae contusae uncias tres-
Ficuum libram unam.
Prunorum libram unam.
Tamarindi libram dimidiam.
Sacchari libras duas cum setnisse.
Sennam cum coriandro tere, et per cribrum separa pulveris
misti uncias decern. Res'duum cum ficibus et glycyrrhiza in
quatuor octantibus aqua> decoque ad dimidiam ; dein exprime
et cola. Liquorem colatum per vaporationem absume ad octan-
tein circiter unam cum semisse. Postea adde saccharum ut
fiat syrupus. Hunc syrupum adde gradatim pulpis ; et postre-
mo immisce pulverem.
CUPRUM.
CUPRI AMMONIARETUM.
R. Cupri sulphatis partes duas.
Ammoniae carbonatis partes tres.
Diligenter snbige in mortario vitreo, donee, finita omni effer-
vescentia. placide coeant in massam violaceam ; qua? charta bibu-
la obvoluia, primo super lapidem cretaceum, dein leni calore
exsiccata, in vase vitreo bene obturato servetur.
COPPER. 107
Rub the dry articles together into a very fine powder ; next
rub them again while the syrup is gradually added ; then add the
oil of cloves, and mix the whole well together.
CONFECTION OF SENNA.
FORMERLY LENITIVE ELECTUARY.
Take of Senna, eight ounces.
Coriander, three ounces.
Liquorice, bruised, four ounces.
Figs, one pound.
Prunes, (the pulp,) one pound.
Tamarind, half a pound.
Sugar, two pounds and a half.
Pulverize the senna with the coriander, and sift out ten
ounces of the mixed powder ; boil the remainder with the figs
and liquorice, in four pints of water, to one half; express and
strain the liquor, which is then to be evaporated to about a pint
and a half; dissolve the sugar in it, add this syrup by degrees
to the pulps, and lastly mix in the sifted powder.
COPPER.
AMMONIARET OF COPPER.
Take of Sulphate of copper, two parts.
Carbonate of ammonia, three parts.
Rub them diligently together in a glass mortar, until, after the
effervescence has ceased, they unite into a violet coloured mass.
This must be wrapped up in blotting paper, and first dried on a
chalk stone, and afterwards by a gentle heat. The product
must be kept in a glass phial well stopped.
108 ©ECOCTA.
CUPRI AMMONIARETI LIQUOR.
R. Aquae calcis octantem dimidinm.
Arnmoniae muriatis scrupulos duos.
Cupri subacetatis praeparati grana quatuor.
Misce et digere ad boras viginti quatuor ; deinde purum ef-
funde liquorem.
CUPRI SUBACETAS PRiEPARATUM.
, R. Cupri subacetatis quantumvis.
In pulverem subige, et particulas minutas, ut in caJcis car-
bonate prseparando, separa.
CUPRI SULPHATIS LIQUOR.
R. Cupri sulpbatis grana tria.
Acidi salphurici minima decern.
Aquae distillata? fluiduncias duas.
Misce, et agitando fiat solutio.
DECOCTA
Decoctis utimur ad partes vegetabilium extrahendas qua?
aqua bullienti facilius solvantur, neque inter ebulliendum vo-
latiles evanescant. Paranda sunt in vasis coopertis, calore
non mutato. Inter parandum et utendura brevi tantum mora
intersit.
DECOCTIONS. 109
SOLUTION OF AMMONIARET OF COPPER
Take of Lime water, half a pint.
Muriate of ammonia, two scruples.
Subacetate of copper, prepared, four grains.
Mix, and digest them for twenty-four hours, then pour off the
pure liquor.
PREPARED SUBACETATE OF COPPER.
Take of Subacetate of copper, any quantity.
Grind it to powder, and separate the minute particles in the
manner directed for the preparation of carbonate of lime.
SOLUTION OF SULPHATE OF COPPER.
Take of Sulphate of copper, three grains.
Sulphuric acid, ten minims.
Distilled water, two fluidounces.
Mix the articles, and effect a solution by shaking them.
DECOCTIONS.
Decoctions are used to extract those parts of vegetables which
are most soluble in boiling water, and are not so volatile as to
escape during the process. Decoctions should be made in co-
vered vessels, with a uniform heat, and prepared a short time
before they are wanted for use.
1 lo DECOCTA.
DECOCTUM ARALIjE NUDICAULIS.
R. Araliae nudicaulis contuses uncias sex.
Aquas octantes octo.
Digere per horas quatuor, turn decoque ad octantes quatuor,
exprime et cola decoctum.
DECOCTUM CINCHONA.
R. Cinchonae, in pulverem tritse, unciam unam.
Aquae octantem unum cum semisse.
Coque per horae partem sextain in vase operto, et liquorem
adhuc calentem cola.
DECOCTUM COLOMBO COMPOSITUM.
R. Colombae contusae ;
Quassias in scobem rasae, utriusque drachmas duas.
Aurantii corticis drachmam unam.
Rhei in pulverem triti scrupulum unum.
Potassae carbonatis drachmam dimidiam.
Aquae fluiduncias viginti.
Coque ad octantem, et tincturae lavandulae adde fluidunciam
dimidiam.
DECOCTUM DULCAMARJE.
R. Dulcamaras unciam unam.
Aquae octantem cum semisse.
Decoque ad octantem, et cola.
DECOCTIONS. HI
DECOCTION OF FALSE SARSAPARILLA.
Take of False sarsaparilla, bruised, six ounces.
Water, eight pints.
Digest for four hours, and then boil down to four pints ; press
out and strain the decoction.
DECOCTION OF PERUVIAN BARK.
Take of Peruvian bark, in powder, one ounce.
Water, one pint and a half.
Boil for ten minutes, in a covered vessel, and strain the liquor
while hot.
COMPOUND DECOCTION OF COLUMBO.
Take of Columbo, bruised ;
Quassia, rasped, of each, two drachms.
Orange peel, one drachm.
Rhubarb, in powder, one scruple.
Carbonate of potass, half a drachm.
Water, twenty fluidounces.
Boil to a pint, and add half a fluidounce of tincture of laven-
der.
DECOCTION OF BITTER SWEET.
Take of Bitter sweet, one ounce.
Water, one pint and a half.
Boil down to a pint, and strain.
118 DECOCTA.
DECOCTUM GUAIACI.
R. Guaiaci ligni in scobem rasi uncias tres.
Uvarum uncias duas.
Sassafras concisi ;
Glycyrrhizae contusae, utriusque unciam unam.
Aquae octantes decern.
Decoque leni igne lignum guaiaci et uvas in aqua ad octan-
tes quinque, sub finera adjiciens radices ; dein cola sine expres-
sione.
DECOCTUM HORDEI.
R. Hordei uncias duas.
Hordeum prius in aqua frigida loturn, coque per breve tempus
in aquae circiter oclante dimulio. Aqua hac abjecta, hordeo oc-
tantes quinque aquae ebullientis infunde. Coque exin donee
aqua ad dimidiura vaporet ; et postea cola.
DECOCTUM HORDEI COMPOSITUM.
R. Decocti hordei octantes quatuor.
Uvarum. demptis acinis, uncias duas.
Ficuum discissarum uncias duas.
Glycyrrhizae contusae unciam diraidiam.
Liquorem ad dimidium decoque additis prius uvis, turn ficibus,
et,paulo ante tinem coquendi, gljcyrrhiza; denique cola.
DECOCTIONS. 113
DECOCTION OF GUAIACUM.
FORMERLY DECOCTION OF THE WOODS
Take of Guaiacum wood, rasped, three ounces.
Raisins two ounces.
Sassafras, sliced ;
Liquorice, bruised, of each, one ounce.
Water, ten pints.
Boil the guaiacum and raisins in the water, over a gentle fire,
down to five pints, adding the roots towards the end of the boil-
ing ; then strain the liquor without expression.
DECOCTION OF BARLEY.
Take of Barley, two ounces.
Having first washed the barley in cold water, boil it for a short
time in about half a pint of water ; throw away this water ; then
pour upon the barley five pints of boiling water ; boil it next
until half the quantity of the water be evaporated, and after-
wards strain it.
COMPOUND DECOCTION OF BARLEY.
Take of Decoction of barley, four pints.
Raisins, stoned, two ounces.
Figs, sliced, two ounces.
Liquorice, bruised, half an ounce.
Boil to the consumption of one half of the liquor ; first adding
the raisins, then the figs, and, a short time before the process is
finished, the liquorice ; lastly strain.
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114 DECOCTA.
DECOCTUM LICHENIS.
R. Lichenis unciam unam.
Aquae octantem cum semisse.
Decoque ad octantem, et exprimens cola.
DECOCTUM MEZERE!.
R. Mezerei drachmas duas.
Glycyrrhizae contusae unciam dimidiam.
Aqua? octantes tres.
Decoque leni igne ad octantes duos, et cola.
DECOCTUM SARSAPARILLiE.
R. Sarsaparillae concisae uncias sex.
Aquae congium unum.
Digere per duas horas, calore circiter gradus cxcv ; dein ra-
dicem exime et contunde ; contusam liquori redde, et decoque,
leni igne, ad quatuor octantes ; turn exprime et cola.
DECOCTUM SARSAPARILL^ COMPOSITUM.
R. Sarsaparillae discissae et contusae unciam unam cum
semisse.
Guahri in scobem rasi ;
Sassafras ;
Glycyrrhizas contusae ; singulorum drachmas duas.
Mezerei drachmHm unam.
Aquae bullientis octantes tres.
DECOCTIONS. 115
DECOCTION OF ICELAND MOSS.
Take of Iceland moss, one ounce.
Water, one pint and a half.
Boil down to a pint, and strain with compression.
DECOCTION OF MEZEREON.
Take of Mezereon, two drachms.
Liquorice, bruised, half an ounce.
Water, three pints.
Boil with a gentle heat to two pints, and strain.
DECOCTION OF SARSAPARILLA.
Take of Sarsaparilla, sliced, six ounces.
Water, one gallon.
Digest for two hours, with a heat of about 195; then take
out the sarsaparilla, and bruise it ; when bruised, put it back
into the same liquor, boil down to four pints, then press out and
strain the decoction.
COMPOUND DECOCTION OF SARSAPARILLA.
FORMERLY LISBON DIET DRINK.
Take of Sarsaparilla, sliced and bruised, one ounce and a half.
Guaiacum wood, rasped ;
Sassafras ;
Liquorice, bruised ; of each, two drachms.
Mezereon, one drachm.
Boiling water, three pints.
1.16 DECOCTA.
Digere in aqua, calore leni, per horas sex, sarsaparillam. guaia-
cum et sassafras ; turn ad dimidium decoque, glycyrrhiza et
mezereo, sub coquendi rJnem, additis ; et cola liquorem.
DECOCTUM SCILLjE.
R. Scillae drachmas tres.
Juniperi uncias quatuor.
Senegae uncias tres.
Aquae octantes quatuor.
Coque ad consumendam liquoris dimidiam partem ; turn cola,
et adde
Spiritus aetheris nitrosi fluiduncias quatuor.
DECOCTUM SENEGA.
R. Senega? unciam unam.
Aquae octantes duos.
Decoque ad octantem, et cola.
DECOCTUM VERATRI.
R. Veratri contriti unciam unam.
Aquas octantes duas.
Alcoholis fluiduncias duas.
Decoque veratrum in aqua ad octantem, et cola ; turn, post-
quam refrixerit, adjice alcohol.
DECOCTIONS. 117
Digest in the water, with a gei.tle heat, for six hours, the sar-
sap^rilla, guaiacum, and sassafras ; then boil down to one half,
adding towards the end of the boiling, the liquorice and meze-
reon ; and strain ihe liquor.
DECOCTION OF SQUILL.
Take of Squill, three drachms.
Juniper, four ounces.
Seneca snakeroot, three ounces.
Water, four pints.
Boil to the consumption of one half the liquor ; then strain
and add,
Spirit of nitrous ether, four tluidounces.
DECOCTION OF SENECA SNAKEROOT.
Take of Seneca snakeroot, one ounce.
Water, two pints.
Boil down to a pint, and strain.
DECOCTION OF WHITE HELLEBORE.
Take of White hellebore, powdered, one ounce.
Water, two pints.
Alcohol, two fluidounces.
Boil the hellebore in the water down to a pint, and strain the
decoction ; then after it has cooled, add the alcohol.
113 EMPLASTRA.
EMPLASTBJ1.
Emplastra plerumque ex oleis et uuguinosis parantur, oxidis
seu pulveribus admixtis ad crassitudinem ut in frigore dura siot
et digitis non adhsereant ; at in temperie corporis humani mol-
lia et flexilia maneant, tamen ita glutinosa ut parti cui npponan-
tur et materia? in quam obducentur facile adhsereant. Ut em-
plastra facile obducentur, prius lento igne liquanda vel emol-
lienda sunt.
EMPLASTRUM AMMONIACI.
R. Ammoniaci uncias quinque.
Aceti octantem dimidium.
Liqua ammoniacum in aceto, et exprime ; dein liquorem in
vase ferreo, in balneo aquoso consume, assidue movens donee
idonea fiat crassitudo.
EMPLASTRUM ASSAFCETIDjE.
H. Emplastri plumbi ;
Assafcetidae utriusque partes duas.
Galbani ;
Cerae flavae utriusque partem unam.
Liquefac simul in balneo aquoso, et assidue move donee re-
frixerint.
PLASTERS. 119
PLASTERS.
Plasters are composed chiefly of oils and unctuous substances
united with oxides or powders, into such consistence that the
compound may remain Arm in the cold without sticking to the
fingers . that it may be soft and pliable in the heat of the human
body ; yet so tenacious as readily to adhere both to the parts on
which it is applied, and to the substance on which it is spread.
Plasters require to be melted, or rather softened, by a gentle
heat, to admit of their being spread.
AMMONIACUM PLASTER.
Take of Ammoniacum, five ounces.
Vinegar, half a pint.
Dissolve the ammoniacum in the vinegar, and strain ; then eva*
porate the liquor in an iron vessel, by means of a water bath,
constantly stirring it until it acquires a proper consistence.
ASSAFCETIDA PLASTER.
Take of Lead plaster;
Assafoetida, each, two parts.
Galbanum ;
Yellow wax, each, one part.
Melt them together by means of a water bath, then stir them
constantly until cool.
120 EMPLASTRA.
EMPLASTRUM FERRI.
R. Emplastri plumbi partes viginti quatuor.
Resinse pini partes sex.
Cerse flavae ;
Oliva? olei utriusque partes tres.
Ferri oxidi rubri partes octo.
Teratur ferri oxidum rubrum cum oleo, dein caeteris, in bal-
neo aquoso liquefactis, adjiciatur.
EMPLASTRUM HYDRARGYRL
R. Olivae olei ;
Resina; pini utriusque partem unam.
Hydrargyri partes tres.
Eraplastri plumbi partes sex.
Cum oleo et resina liquefactis simu) et dein refrigeratis, tera-
tur hydrargyrus donee evanescant globuli ; turn paulatim adda-
tur emplastrum plumbi liquefactum et omnia accurate miscean-
tor.
EMPLASTRUM PLUMBI.
R. Plumbi oxidi semivitrei partem unam.
Olivse olei partes duas.
Adjecta aqua coque, assidue agitans donee oleum et oxidum in
pmplastrum coeant.
PLASTERS. 121
PLASTER OF IRON.
STRENGTHENING PLASTER.
Take of Lead plaster, twenty-four parts.
Pine resin, six parts.
Yellow wax ;
Olive oil, each, three parts.
Red oxide of iron, eight parts.
Rub the red oxide of iron with the oil ; then add the other
ingredients, previously melted in a water bath.
MERCURIAL PLASTER.
Take of Olive oil ;
Pine resin, each, one part.
Mercury, three parts.
Lead plaster, six parts.
Rub the mercury with the oil and resin melted together, until
ihe globules disappear ; then gradually add the lead plaster
melted, and mix the whole intimately.
LEAD PLASTER.
Take of Semivitrified oxide of lead, one part.
Olive oil, two parts.
Having added some water, boil them, constantly stirring until
the oxide and oil unite into a plaster.
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122 EMPLASTRA.
EMPLASTRUM PLUMBI SUBCARBONATIS COMPO-
SITUM.
R. Plumbi subcarbonatis libram unam.
Oliva? olei octantes duos.
Ceree flavre uncias quatuor.
Emplastri plumbi libram imam cum semisse.
Iridis florentinee in pulverem tritae uncias novem.
Oleum et plumbum in balneo aquoso coqne, assiduo agitans,
donee unura corpus fiant : dein adjice ceram et emplastrum; hit
liquefactis iridem insperge totum diligenter agitans.
EMPLASTRUM RESINOSUM.
R. Emplastri plumbi partes quinque.
Resinse pini partem unam.
Liquefac simul in balneo aquoso, et assidue move donee
refrixerint.
EMPLASTRUM RESINOSUM CANTHARIDUM.
R. Cerati cantharidiim partem unam.
Picis abietis partes septem.
Liquefac simul in balneo aquoso, et assidue move donee
refrixerint.
PLASTERS. 1C3
COMPOUND PLASTER OF SUBCARBONATE OF
LEAD.
Take of Subcarbonate of lead, one pound.
Olive oil, two pints
Yellow wax, four ounces.
Lead plaster, one pound and a half.
Orris, in powder, nine ounces.
Boil the oil and lead together in a water bath, continually stir-
ring, until they are thoroughly incorporated ; then add the wax
and plaster ; and when these are melted, sprinkle in the pow-
dered orris, carefully stirring the whole. v
RESIN PLASTER.
ADHESIVE PLASTER.
Take of Lead plaster, five parts.
Pine resin, one part.
Melt them together in a water bath, and stir them well until
cold.
RESIN PLASTER WITH CANTHARIDES.
WARM PLASTER.
Take of Cerate of cantharides, one part.
Burgundy pitch, seven parts.
Melt them together in a water bath, and stir them well until
cold.
124 EXTRACTA.
EXTRACTS.
Extracta ex vegetabilium succis et secretis, sive recentium,
sive exsiccatorum parantur. Ad crassitudinem solidi, plus minusve
mollis, redigiintur, recentia comprimendo et vaporando, arida
autem in latice quovis solvendo, et postea solutum vaporando.
EXTRACTUM ACONITI.
R. Aconiti recentis quantunivis.
In mortario lapideo contunde, et sacco cannabino inclusuiu,
addito aquae paululo, valide comprime, donee succum reddat.
Hunc in vasis patulis, super balneo aquae ferventis soda; muriate
prius saturatae, illico ad mellis crassioris spissitudinem redige,
sub finem spathula lignea agitans.
Postquam massa refrixerit reponatur in vasis fictilibus vitrea-
tis, et alcohole madetiant.
Eodem modo parantur
EXTRACTUM BELLADONNA,
Ex belladonna recente.
EXTRACTUM CONI1,
Ex conio recente.
EXTRACTS. 125
EXTRACTS.
Extracts are prepared from the juices and secretions of ve-
getables both in their recent and dried state. They are made in
the form of a soft solid, from recent vegetables by expression
and evaporation, and from dry ones by solution in a menstruum
and subsequent evaporation.
EXTRACT OF ACONITE.
Take of Fresh aconite, any quantity.
Bruise it in a stone mortar, and having sprinkled on it a littlt
water, press it strongly in a hempen bag till it yields its juice.
This is to be evaporated immediately in flat vessels in a bath of
boiling water saturated with muriate of soda, till it is brought
to the consistence of thick honey. During the latter part of the
process it should be stirred with a wooden spatula.
After the mass has become cold, it must be put up in glazed
earthen vessels, and moistened with alcohol.
In like manner are prepared
EXTRACT OF DEADLY NIGHTSHADE,
From fresh deadly nightshade.
EXTRACT OF HEMLOCK,
* From fresh hemlock.
* Under this head are included the Extracts aud Inspissated Juices of for-
mer Pharmacopeias.
126 EXTRACTA.
EXTRACTUM HYOSCYAMI,
Ex hyoscyamo recente.
EXTRACTUM STRAMONII,
Ex stramonio recente.
EXTRACTUM ANTHEM1DIS.
B. Anthemidis siccatx libram unam.
Aquae congium unum.
Anthemidi aliunde aquam, exin decoque ad octantes quatuor,
et liquorem calentem exprimens cola. Decoctum illico per va-
porationem redige ad mellis crassioris spissitudinem in balneo
aquae ferventis sodae muriate saturatae.
Postquam refrixerit extractum, in vasis fictilibus vitreatis, al-
cohole madefactis, reponatur.
Eodem modo parantur
EXTRACTUM GENTIANS,
Ex gentiana conscissa.
EXTRACTUM H.EMATOXYLI,
Ex haematoxylo in scobem raso.
EXTRACTUM HELLEBORI NIGRI.
Ex helleboro nigro conscisso.
EXTRACTS. 127
EXTRACT OF HENBANE.
From fresh henbane.
EXTRACT OF THORN APPLE,
From fresh thorn apple.
EXTRACT OF CHAMOMILE.
Take of Dried chamomile, one pound.
Water, one gallon.
Pour the water upon the chamomile, boil down to four pints,
and strain the liquor while hot, with compression. Evaporate
the decoction immediately to the consistence of thick honey in a
bath of boiling water, saturated with muriate of soda.
When the extract is cold, put it up in glazed earthen vessels,
and moisten it with alcohol.
In like manner are prepared
EXTRACT OF GENTIAN,
From gentian cut in slices.
EXTRACT OF LOGWOOD,
From logwood, rasped.
EXTRACT OF BLACK HELLEBORE,
From black hellebore, sliced.
128 EXTRACTA.
EXTRACTUM JUGLANDIS.
Ex jnglande conscissa.
EXTRACTUM QUASSIA,
Ex quassia in scobem rasa.
EXTRACTUM CINCHONiE.
, H. Cinchona? in pulverem redacta? libratn unam.
Alcoholis octantes quatuor.
Digere ad quatriduum et tincturam eflfunde.
Coque residuum in aqua? distillata? octantibus quinque, ad par-
tem horae quartam ; et decoctum adhuc fervens per linteum
cola. Denuo dccoque in aquas distillates octantibus alteris quin-
que, et cola ut antea ; dein, sedimento nullo ablato, liquoretn
vaporando, ad spissitudinem mellis tenuioris redige.
Alcohol a tinctura, donee haec etiam similiter spissescat, distil-
lando abstrahe ; dein liquores sic inspissatos misce ; et in aqu»
fcrventis balneo soda? muriate saturatae, ad crassitudinem ido-
neam vaporent.
EXTRACTUM COLOCYNTHIDIS COMPOSITUM.
R. Colocynthidis conscissa? drachmas sex.
Aloes socotrina? in pulverem redacta? unciam unam
cum semisse.
Scammoniae in pulverem redactae unciam dimidiam.
Cardamomi in pulverem redacti drachmam unam.
Alcoholis diluti octantem unum.
Digere colocjnthidem in alcohole per quatriduum calore leni.
Solutioni colatae aloen et scammoniam adde ; dein vaporet massa
EXTRACTS. 12S
EXTRACT OF BUTTERNUT,
From butternut sliced.
EXTRACT OF QUASSIA,
From quassia rasped.
EXTRACT OF PERUVIAN BARK.
Take of Peruvian bark, in powder, one pound.
Alcohol, four pints.
Digest for four days, and pour off the tincture.
Boil the residuum in five pints of distilled water, for fifteen
minutes, and strain the decoction boiling hot. through linen.
Repeat this decoction and filtration, with the same quantity of
distilled water, and without any separation of sediment, reduce
the liquor by evaporation to the consistence of thin honey.
Draw off the alcohol from the tincture by distillation, until this
also becomes thick ; then mix the liquors thus inspissated, and
evaporate them in a bath of boiling water, saturated with mu>
riate of soda, to a proper consistence.
COMPOUND EXTRACT OF COLOCYNTH.
Take of Colocynth sliced, six drachms.
Socotrine aloes powdered., one ounce and a half.
Scammony powdered, half an ounce.
Cardamom powdered, one drachm.
Diluted alcohol, one pint.
Digest the colocynth in the diluted alcohol, for four days in a
gentle heat ; strain the solution, and add to it the aloes and scam-
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130 EXTRACTS.
donee crassitudinis idoneae fuerit ; et sub linem spissationi*
immisce cardamomum.
EXTRACTUM JALAPS.
B. Jalapae contritae libram imam,
Alcoholis octantes quatuor.
Aquas octantes decern.
Macera jalapam in alcohole per quatriduum, et tincturam ef-
funde. Residuum ex aqua decoque ad octantes duos. Dein
tincturam et decoctum separation cola, et hoc consumatur, ilia
distillet, donee utrumque spissescat. Postremo commisceantur,
et donee idonea fiat crassitudo, vaporando consumantur.
Servetur hoc extractum molle, quod ad pilulas fingendas ap-
turn sit, et durum, quod in pulverem teri possit.
Hoc modo paratur
EXTRACTUM PODOPHYLLI.
EXTRACTUM SAMBUCI.
R. Sambuci baccas maturas, contunde, et succum exprime
per saccum cannabinum, sive linteum ; succi hujus octantibus
quinque sacchan libram urmm adde ; et ad crassitudiaem mellis
crassioris vaporet.
EXTRACTS. 131
mony ; then evaporate the alcohol until the mass has acquired a
proper consistence, and about the end of the inspissation, mix
in the cardamom.
EXTRACT OF JALAP.
Take of Jalap powdered, one pound.
Alcohol, four pints.
Water, ten pints.
Macerate the jalap in the alcohol for four days, and pour ofl'
the tincture ; boil the remaining powder in the water until it be
reduced to two pints ; then strain the tincture and decoction
separately, and let the former be distilled, and the latter evapo-
rated until each begins to grow thick. Lastly, mix the two to-
gether, and reduce to a proper consistence by evaporation.
Let this extract be kept in a soft state fit for forming pills,
and in a hard one so that it may be reduced to powder.
In the same way is prepared
EXTRACT OF MAY APPLE.
EXTRACT OF ELDER.
Take ripe elder berries, bruise them and press out the juice
through a hempen or linen bag ; to five pints of this juice, add
one pound of sugar, and evaporate to the consistence of thick
honey.
t32 FERRUM.
FERRUM.
FERRI ACETAS.
R. Ferri carbonatis preecipitati unciam dimidiam.
Aceti fluiduncias tres.
Digere per tree dies et cola.
FERRI CARBONAS PR.ECIPITATUS. ■
R. Ferri sulphatis uncias octo.
Sodre subcarbonatis uDcias sex.
Aquse bullientis congium ununi.
Ferri sulphatein et soda? subcarbonatem separalim liqua iu
aqua; octantibus quatuor ; turn liquores inter se misce, et se«
pone, ut pulvis subsidat ; deinde, effuso liquore supernatante,
ferri carbonatem aqna calida ablae, et charta bibula involutam
leni calore exsicca.
FERRI CARBONAS PR^PARATUS.
R. Ferri limaturae purificata?, quantumvis.
Saepius aqua humectetur ut in rubiginem transeat, qua? ie
pollen teratur.
IRON. 133
IRON.
ACETATE OF IRON.
Take of Precipitated carbonate of iron, half an ounce.
Vinegar, three fluidounces.
Digest for three days and strain.
PRECIPITATED CARBONATE OF IRON.
Take of Sulphate of iron, eight ounces.
Subcarbonate of soda, six ounces.
Boiling water, a gallon.
Dissolve the sulphate of iron, and subcarbonate of soda sepa-
rately, each in four pints of water ; next mix the solutions to-
gether, and set the mixture by, that the precipitated powder
may subside ; then having poured off the supernatant liquor,
wash the carbonate of iron with hot water, and dry it upon bibu-
lous paper in a gentle heat.
PREPARED CARBONATE OF IRON.
RUST OF IRON.
Take of Purified iron filings, any quantity.
Moisten them frequently with water, that they may be con-
verted into rust, which is to be ground into an impalpable pow-
der.
134 FERRUIVI. '
FERRI LIMATURA PURIFICATA.
H. Ferri limaturas quantumvis.
Imposito limaturae cribro, adunoveatur magnes, ut trans cri-
brum limatura sursum attrahatur.
AMMONIA ET FERRI MUR1AS.
R. Ferri oxidi rubri loti et exsiccati ;
Amnionise muriatis utriusque pondera paria.
Bene permista sublimentur.
FERRI OXIDUM RUBRUM.
R. Ferri sulphatis quantumvis.
In vase Bctili, non vitreato, calefiat igne modico, donee albes-
cat et siccissimus fiat ; dein igne vehementi urgeatur, donee in
materiam ruberrimam transient.
FERRI PHOSPHAS.
R. Ferri sulphatis uncias quatuor.
Aquae octantes decern.
Solve, et requiescat solutum, donee faeces subsederint ; deiu
liquidum purum transfunde. In vase alio sodas phosphatis
uncias quatuor in aquae octantibus tribus solve, et liquore*
misce. Pulverem cceruleum, qui praecipitatur, collige ; super
colum pone ; dein aqua calente, donee base insipida evadat,
ablue, et residuum calore modico sicca.
IRON. 135
PURIFIED FILINGS OF IRON.
Take of Iron, in filings, any quantity.
Place a sieve over them, aDd apply a magnet, 90 that the fil-
ings may be attracted upwards through the sieve.
MURIATE OF AMMONIA AND IRON.
Take of Red oxide of iron, washed and dried ;
Muriate of ammonia?, of each, equal weights.
Mix them thoroughly, and sublime.
RED OXIDE OF IRON.
Take of Sulphate of iron, any quantity.
Expose it to the action of a moderate heat in an ungiazed ear-
then vessel, until it becomes white and perfectly dry. Then
expose it to an intense heat, until it is converted into a very red
powder.
PHOSPHATE OF IRON.
Take of Sulphate of iron, four ounces.
Water, ten pints.
Dissolve, and allow the solution to remain at rest until the im-
purities have subsided ; then decant the clear liquid. In a se-
parate vessel dissolve four ounces of phosphate of soda, in three
pints of water ; and mingle the two solutions. Collect the blue
powder which is precipitated, place it on a filter, wash it with
warm water, until the latter comes off tasteless, and dry the resi-
due with a moderate heat.
136 FERRUM.
LIQUOR FERRI ALKALINI.
H. Ferr,i drachmas duas cum semisse.
Aciiti nitrici fluiduncias duas.
Aquae distillates fluiduncias sex.
Liquoris potassae subcarbonatis fluiduncias sex.
Ferro superinfunde acidum et aquam inter se mista ; turn,
ubi bullulae exire cessaverint, liquorem adhuc acidum effunde.
Hunc, paulatim et ex intervallis, liquori potassae subcarbonatis
adjice, subinde agitans, donee, facto jam colore fusco-rubicundo,
bullulae non amplius excitentur. Denique sepone per horas
sex, et liquorem effunde.
FERRI TARTRAS.
R. Ferri carbonatis praecipitati unciam dimidiam.
Potassae supertartratis in pulverem triti subtilissimum
unciam unam.
Aquae distillatae octantem unum.
Coque simul in vase vitreo super lentum ignem per horam
unam ; et liquorem per chartam cola. Liquor refrigeratus, et
iterum colatus, donee in super6cie appareat pellicula, vaporet
Inter frigescendum salina Set massa, quae in pulverem redigenda
est, et in vasis clausis servanda.
IRON. 137
SOLUTION OF ALKALINE IRON.
Take of Iron, two drachms and a half.
Nitric acid, two fluidounces.
Distilled water, six fluidounces.
Solution of subcarbonate of potass, six fluidounces,
Having mixed the acid and water, pour them upon the iron,
and when the effervescence has ceased, pour off the clear acid
solution ; add this gradually, and at intervals, to the solution of
subcarbonate of potass, occasionally shaking it, until it has assum-
ed a deep brown red colour, and no further effervescence takes
place. Lastly, set it by for six hours, and pour off the clear
solution.
TARTRATE OF IRON.
Take of Precipitated carbonate of iron, half an ounce.
Supertartrate of potass, in very fine powder, one
ounce.
Distilled water, one pint.
Boil them together in a glass vessel over a slow fire for an
hour, and filter the liquor through paper. When cold, and fil-
tered a second time, evaporate it until a pellicle appears on the
surface. In cooling it will form a saline mass, which is to be
powdered and kept in close vessels.
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138 hydrargyria;.
HYDRARGYRUM.
HYDRARGYRI OXIDUM CINEREUM.
R. Hydrargyri subrauriatis unciam imam.
Aquae cnlcis congiura unum.
Hydrargyri submuriatem in aqua calcis coque, assidue mo-
vens, donee oxidum hvdrargyri cinereum subsidat. Hoc aqua
distillata lava, deinde exsicca.
HYDRARGYRI NITRICO-OXIDUM.
R. Hydrargyri purificati libras tres.
Acidi nitrici librarn tinam cum semisse.
Aqua; distillatae octantes duos.
Misce in vase vitreo ; et coque, donee liquetur hydrargyrum,
et, aqua consumpta, materia alba restet Hanc tere in pulve-
rem, et in cucurbitam, scutella crassa vitrea superposita, injice.
Dein, capite adaptato, et vase in balneo arena? posito, calorem
gradatim anctum accommoda, donee materies in squamas ruber-
rimas transient.
HYDRARGYRI OXYMURIAS.
R. Hydrargyri purificati libras duas.
Acidi sulphuiici uncias triginta.
Sodae muriatis exsiccati libras quatuor.
Hydrargyrum cum acido sulphurico in vase vitreo coque, do-
nee hydrargyri sulphas exsiccatus ruerit ; hanc, ubi refrixerit,
MERCURY. 139
MERCURY.
GREY OXIDE OF MERCURY.
Take of Submuriate of mercury, one ounce.
Lime water, one gallon.
Boil the submuriate of mercury in the lime water, constantly
stirring, until a grey oxide is precipitated. Wash this with dis»
tilled water, and then dry it.
NITRIC OXIDE OF MERCURY.
CALLED RED PRECIPITATE.
Take of Purified mercury, three pounds.
Nitric acid, one pound and a half.
Distilled water, two pints.
Mix in a glass vessel. Boil the mixture until the mercury is
dissolved, and evaporate the solution with a gentle heat, to a
dry white mass ; which, after being ground into powder, is to
be put into a glass cucurbit, and to have a thick glass plate laid
upon its surface. Then, having adapted a capital, and placed
the vessel in a sand bath, apply a gradually increased heat, until
the matter be converted into very red scales.
OXYMURIATE OF MERCURY.
CALLED CORROSirE SUBLIMATE.
Take of Purified mercury, two pounds.
Sulphuric acid, thirty ounces.
Dried muriate of soda, four pounds.
Boil the mercury with the sulphuric acid in a glass vessel,
until the sulphate of mercury is left dry. Rub this, when it is
140 HYDRARGYRUM.
cum sodae muriate in mortario fictili contere ; turn ex cucurbita
vitrea, Calore sensim aucto, sublima.
LIQUOR HYDRARGYRI OXYMURIATIS.
R. Hydrargyri oxymuriatis grana octo.
Aquae distillate fluiduncias quindecim.
Alcoholia fluidunciam unnm.
Hydrargyri oxymuriatem in aqua liqua, eique adjice alcohol.
HYDRARGYRUM PURIFICATUM.
R. Hydrargyri librae sex.
Ferri limaturae libram unam.
Tere simul ; turn, igne subjecto, ex retorta ferrea dtslillet
hydrargyrum.
HYDRARGYRI SUBMURIAS.
H. Hydrargyri oxymuriatis libram unam.'
Hydrargyri purificati uncias novem.
Tere simul. donee globuli non amplius conspiciantur ; tuiu
subli'n i, deinde sublimatum exime, idque bis iterum et tere et
sublima. Denique fiat pulvis subtilissimus, eodem modo quo
calcis carbonatem prseparari prasceptum fuit.
MERCURY. 141
cold, with the dried muriate of soda in an earthen ware mortar ;
then subliu.e it in a glass cucurbit, increasing the heat gradually.
SOLUTION OF OXYMURIATE OF MERCURY.
Take of Oxymuriate of mercury, eight grains.
Distilled water, fifteen fluidounces.
Alcohol, one fluidounce.
Dissolve the oxymuriate of mercury in the water, and add
the alcohol.
PURIFIED MERCURY.
Take of Mercury, six pounds.
Iron, reduced to filings, one pound.
Rub them together and distil the mercury in an iron retort.
SUBMURIATE OF MERCURY.
CALLED CALOMEL.
Take of Oxymuriate of mercury, one pound.
Purified mercury, nine ounces.
Rub them together till the metallic globules disappear ; then
sublime, take out the sublimed mass, and reduce it to ponder,
and sublime it in the same manner tuice more successively.
Lastly, bring it into the state of a very fine powder, by th*> same
process which has been directed for the preparation of carbo-
nate of lime.
142 HYDRARGYRUM.
HYDRARGYRI SUBMURIAS AMMONIATUS.
R. Hydrargyri oxymuriatis libram dimidiam.
Ammonia? rouriatis uncia* quatuor.
Liquons potassse subcarbonatis octantem dimidium.
Aquae distillates octantes quatuor.
Primo ammoniae muriatem, dein hydrargyri oxymuriatem, in
aqua dislillata, liqua, et his adjice liquorem potassae subcarbo-
natis. Pulverem demissum lava, donee saporis expers fuerit ;
et dein exsicca.
HYDRARGYRI SUBSULPHAS FLAVUS.
R. Hydrargyri purificati uncias quatuor.
Acidi sulphurici uncias sex.
Indantur cucurbitae vitrese et coquantur ex arena ad siccita-
tem. Materia alba, in fundo relicta, trita, conjiciatur in aqnam
bullientem tnde nascetur illico pulvis flavus, quem aqua cali-
da saepius lavare oportet.
HYDRARGYRI SULPHURETUM NIGRUM.
R. Hydrargyri purificati ;
Sulphuris utriusque pondera aequalia.
Terantur simul in mortario vitreo, pistillo vitreo, donee globu-
!i hydrargyri visum penitus effugerint.
MERCURY. 143
AMMONIATED SUBMURIATE OF MERCURY.
FORMERLY WHITE PRECIPITATE.
Take of Oxymuriate of mercury, half a pound.
Muriate of ammonia, four ounces
Solution of subcarbonate of potass, half a pint.
Distilled water, four pints.
First dissolve the muriate of ammonia, then the oxymuriate of
mercury, in the distilled water, and add thereto the subcarbo-
nate of potass in solution. Wash the precipitated powder until
it becomes tasteless ; then dry it.
YELLOW SUBSULPHATE OF MERCURY.
FORMERLY TURPETH MINERAL.
Take of Purified mercury, four ounces.
Sulphuric acid, six ounces.
Put them into a glass cucurbit, and boil them in a sand bath
to dryness. Throw into boiling water the white matter, which
is left in the bottom, after having reduced it to powder. A yel-
low powder will immediately be produced, which must be fre-
quently washed with warm water.
BLACK SULPHURET OF MERCURY,
FORMERLY ^ETHIOP'S MINERAL.
Take of Purified mercury ;
Sulphur, of each, equal weights.
Grind them together in a glass mortar, with a glass pestle, till
the globules entirely disappear.
144 INFUSA.
HYDRARGYR1 SULPHURETUM RUBRUM.
R. Hydrargyri purificati uncias quadraginta.
Sulphuris uncias octo.
Suilphuri ad ignem liquefacto hydrargyrum admisce, et, quam
prim urn intumescat massa, vas ab igne remove, et arctius tege,
ne fiat inflammatio ; deinde in pulverem tere, et sublima.
INFUSA.
Infusa esse volumus in quibus vegetabilium partes aqua vel
calida vel frigida, sine bulliendo solvuntur. Si aqua calida
utendum est, turn vase cooperto in loco calido per tempus prae-
scriptum macerare oportet.
Breve tantum tempus inter parandum et utendum interesse
liceat.
INFUSUM ANGUSTURiE.
R. Angusturae contuses drachmas duas.
Aquae bullientis octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas duas in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM ANTHEMIDIS.
R. Anthemidis drachmas duas.
Aquse frigidae octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas octo, in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSIONS. 145
RED SULPHURET OF MERCURY.
FORMERLY CINNABAR.
Take of Purified mercury, forty ounces.
Sulphur, eight ounces.
Having melted the sulphur over the fire, mix in the mercury,
and as soon as the mass begins to swell, remove the vessel from
the fire, and cover it with considerable force, to prevent com-
bustion ; then rub the mass into powder, and sublime.
INFUSIONS.
Infusions are solutions made from vegetables either with hot
or cold water, without boiling. If hot water is employed the
infusion must be carried on in covered vessels, and in a warm
place.
Infusions should be prepared only a short time before they
are used.
INFUSION OF ANGUSTURA.
Take of Angustura, bruised, two drachms.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF CHAMOMILE.
Take of Chamomile, two drachms.
Cold water, half a pint.
Macerate for eight hours in a rovered vessel, and strain.
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146 INFUSA.
INFUSUM ARMORACLE.
B. Armoraciae concisae ;
Sinapis contuses, utriusque unciam unam.
Aquae bullientis octantem unum.
Macera per boras duas, in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM CASCARILL.E.
R. Cascarillae contuse unciam dimidiam.
Aquae bullientis octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas duas, in vase leviter clauso, et cola*,
INFUSUM CINCHONA.
B. Cinchonae contusae unciam dimidiam.
Aquae bullientis octantem dimidium.
Macera per boras duas, in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM CINCHONA CUM AQUA CALCIS.
B. Cinchonae in pulverem tritse unciam unam.
Aquae calcis octantem unum.
Aquam calcis paulatim adde, et simul contere ad partem hO'
ra? quartam. Requiescat ad horam unam infusum, deinde cole
tur.
INFUSIONS. 147
INFUSION OF HORSERADISH.
Take of Horseradish, sliced ;
Mustard, bruised, of each, one ounce.
Boiling water, one pint.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF CASCARILLA.
Take of Cascarilla, bruised, half an ounce.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF PERUVIAN BARK.
Take of Peruvian bark, bruised, half an ounce.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF PERUVIAN BARK WITH LIME WA-
TER.
Take of Peruvian bark, in powder, one ounce.
Lime water, one pint.
Add the lime water gradually, and rub them well together for
fifteen minutes. Let the infusion stand for one hour, then
filter.
148 INFUSA.
INFUSUM CINCHONA CUM MAGNESIA.
H. Cinchona; in pulverem tritae unci;mn unam.
Magnesias drachmam unam.
Aquae frigidae octantem unum.
Aquam adde paulatim, et simul contere per horae partem
quartam. Requiescat ad horam unam infusum, deinde coletur.
INFUSUM CINCHONA CUM SUCCO LIMONUM.
H. Cinchonae in pulvprem tritae unciam unam.
Succi limonum fluiduocias duas.
Tincturae camphorae opiata? Iluidrachmas tres.
Aquae frigidae octantem unum.
Macera per horas duodecim in vase operto, et cola.
INFUSUM COLOMBO.
R. Colombae concisae drachmam unam.
Aqua? bullientis octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas duas in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM DIGITALIS.
R. Digitalis siccatae drachmam unam.
Aquae bullientis octantem dimidium.
Tincturae cinnamomi fluidunciam unam.
Dipitalem per horas quatuor in vase cooperto macera ; cola,
et cinnamomi tincturam adde.
INFUSIONS. 149
INFUSION OF PERUVIAN BARK WITH MAGNESIA.
Take of Peruvian bark, in powder, one ounce*
Alagnesia, one drachm.
Cold water, one pint
Add the water gradually, and rub them well together for fif-
teen minutes. Let the infusion stand for one hour, then filter.
INFUSION OF PERUVIAN BARK WITH LExMON
JUICE.
Take of Peruvian bark, in powder, one ounce.
Juice of lemons, two fluidounces.
Opiated tincture of camphor, three fluidrachms.
Cold water, one pint.
Macerate for twelve hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF COLUMBO.
Take of Columbo, sliced, one drachm.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF FOXGLOVE.
Take of Foxglove, dried, one drachm.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Tincture of cinnamon, one fluidounce.
Infuse the foxglove for four hours iu a covered vessel, strain,
and add the tincture of cinnamon.
la* INFUSA.
INFUSUM EUPATORII.
R. Eupatorii perfoliati unciam imam
Aquae bullientis octantem unum.
Macera per horas duas in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM GENTIANS COMPOSITUM.
R. Gentians 1 , concise? unciam dimidiam.
Aurantii corticis contusi drachmarn unam.
Coriandri contusi drachmarn dimidiam.
Alcoholis diluti fluiduncias quatuor.
Aquae frigidae octantem unum.
Alcohol dilutum primo caeteris infunde ; et post horas tres,
aquam adde : deinde per horas duodecim macera, et cola.
INFUSUM LINI.
R. Lini seminum contritorum unciam unam.
Glycyrrhizae contusae unciam dimidiam.
Aqua bullientis octantes duos.
Macera per horas quatuor in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM QUASSIA.
R. Quassia? rasas drachmarn unam.
Aquae frigidae octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas duodecim, et cola.
INFUSIONS. 151
INFUSION OF THOROUGHWORT.
Take of Thorough wort, one ounce.
Boiling water, one pint.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
COMPOUND INFUSION OF GENTIAN.
Take of Gentian, sliced, half an ounce.
Orange peel, bruised, one drachm.
Coriander, bruised, half a drachm.
Diluted alcohol, four tluidounces.
Cold water, one pint.
First, pour the diluted alcohol on the articles, and, three
hours after add the w,ater ; then macerate for twelve hours,
and strain.
INFUSION OF FLAXSEED.
Take of Flaxseed, in meal, one ounce.
Liquorice, bruised, half an ounce.
Boiling water, two pints.
Infuse for four hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF QUASSIA.
Take of Quassia, rasped, one drachm.
Cold water, half a pint.
Macerate for twelve hours, and strain.
152 INFUSA.
INFUSUM QUASSIA CUM SULPHATE ZINCI.
R. Quassias rasee drachmam unam.
Zinci sulphatis gr.ina octo.
Aqua? frigidffi octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas duodecim, et cola.
INFUSUM ROS^ COMPOSITUM.
R. Rose siccatae unciam dimidiam.
Aquae bullientis octantes duos cum semisse.
Acidi sulphurici diluti fluidrachmas tres.
Sacchari unciam unam cum semisse.
Aquam rosae superinfunde in vase vitreo ; dein acidum lm-
misce, et macera per horam dimidiam. Denique liquorem cola,
et saccharum adjice.
INFUSUM SENNiE COMPOSITUM.
R. Sennae unciam unam cum semisse.
Potassae supertartralis drachmas duas.
Zingiberis drachmam unam.
Aquae bullientis octantem unum.
Macera per horam unam in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
infusum sennj: et TAMARINDI.
R. Sennae drachmam unam.
Tamarindi unciam unam.
Coriandri contusi drachmam dimidiam.
Sacchari unciam dimidiam.
Aquae bullientis octantem dimidium.
INFUSIONS. 163
INFUSION OF QUASSIA WITH SULPHATE OF ZINC.
Take of Quassia, rasper], one drachm.
Sulphate of zinc, eight grains.
Cold water, half a pint.
Macerate for twelve hours, and strain.
COMPOUND INFUSION OF ROSES.
Take of Roses, dried, half an ounce.
Boiling water, two pints and a half.
Diluted sulphuric acid, three fluidrachms.
Sugar, one ounce and a half.
Pour the water upon the roses in a glass vessel ; then mix in
the acid, and infuse for half an hour. Lastly strain the infusion,
and add the sugar to it.
COMPOUND INFUSION OF SENNA.
Take of Senna, one ounce and a half.
Supertartrate of potass, two drachms.
Ginger, one drachm.
Boiling water, one pint.
Infuse for an hour in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF SENNA AND TAMARIND.
Take of Senna, one drachm.
Tamarind, one ounce.
Coriander, bruised, half a drachm.
Sugar, half an ounce.
Boiling water, half a pint.
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164 INFUSA.
Macera per boras qiiatuor, nonnunquam agitans, m vase
clauso fictili, non plumbo vitreato, et cola.
. 1NFUSUM SERPENTARI^.
R Serpentina? unciam dimidiam.
Aquae bullieutis octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas duas in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM SPIGELLE.
R. Spi^eliae drachmas duas.
Aq'iae bullientis octantem dimidium.
Macera per horas quatuor in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM TABACI.
R. Tabaci drachmam unam.
Aquae bullientis octantem unum.
Macera per horam unam in vase leviter clauso, et cola.
INFUSUM ULMI.
R. Ulmi concisa? unciam unam.
Aquae bullientis octantem unum.
Macera per horas duodecim in vase clauso, saepe agitans, et
cola.
INFUSIONS. 155
Infuse for four Lours, with occasional agitation, in a close ear-
then vessel not glazed with lead, and strain.
INFUSION OF VIRGINIA SNAKEROOT.
Take of Virginia snakeroot, half an ounce.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF CAROLINA PINK.
Take of ^arolina pink, two drachms.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Infuse for four hours in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF TOBACCO.
Take of Tobacco, one drachm.
Boiling water, one pint.
Infuse for one hour in a covered vessel, and strain.
INFUSION OF SLIPPERY ELM.
Take of Slippery elm, sliced, one ounce.
Boiling water, one pint.
Infuse for twelve hours in a covered vessel, near the fire
with frequent agitation, and strain.
166 LINIMENTA.
INFUSUM VALERIANAE.
R. Valerians drachmas duas.
Aqua? bullientis octantem dimidfum.
Macera per horam unam in vase leviter clause, et cola.
LINIMENTA.
Linimenta plerumque ex oleis parantur, et, ut cuti facile il-
linantur, penitus fluid a esse debent.
L1NIMENTUM AMMONIiE.
R. Aquae ammoniae ;
Olivse olei utriusque partem aequam.
Misce.
LINIMENTUM AMMONLE ET ANTIMONII TAR-
TARIZATI.
I
B. Linimenti ammoniae fluidunciam unam.
Ammonii tartarizali drachmam unam.
Misce.
LINIMENTS. 157
INFUSION OF VALERIAN.
Take of Valerian, two drachms*.
Boiling water, half a pint.
Infuse for an hour in a covered vessel, and strain.
XIJmfEJVTS.
Liniments are generally prepared from oily substances, and
are in a fluid state, as they are to be rubbed on the body.
LINIMENT OF AMMONIA.
Take of Water of ammonia ;
Olive oil, equal parts.
Mix.
LINIMENT OF AMMONIA WITH TARTARIZED AN-
TIMONY.
Take of Liniment of ammonia, one fluidounce.
Tartarized antimony, one drachm.
Mix.
158 LINIMENT A.
L1N1MENTUM AQILE CALC1S.
B. I.ini olei ;
Aquae calcis, utriusque partem oequam
Misce.
LIN1MENTUM CAMPHORATUM.
R. Camphorae per alcohol in pulverem redactse unciam
dimidiam.
Olivae olei iluiduncias qualuor.
Misce.
LINIMENTUM CANTHARIDUM.
R. Cantharidum in pulverem tritarum unciam unam.
Terebinthinae olei fluiduncias octo.
Feivescant per lioras tres, dein colantur.
LINIMENTUM SAPONIS CAMPHORATUM.
R Saponis albi rasi uncias duodecim.
Camphorae uncia9 duas.
OI«i volatilis rorismarini fluidrachmas duas.
Alcoholis congium unum.
Digere saponem in alcohole per triduum ; dein liquori colato.
.ulde camphoram et oleum, diligenter agitaoe.
LINIMENTS. 159
LINIMENT OF LIME WATER.
Take of Flaxseed oil ;
Lime water, each equal parts.
Mix.
CAMPHORATED LINIMENT.
Take of Camphor reduced to a powder by means of alcohol,
half aD ounce.
Olive oil, four tfuidounces.
Mix.
LINIMENT OF CANTHARIDES.
Take of Cantharides, in powder, one ounce.
Oil of turpentine, eight fluidounces.
Simmer for three hours, then set by to cool, and filter.
CAMPHORATED SOAP LINIMENT.
OPODELDOC.
Take of Castile soap uncoloured, in shavings, twelve ounces.
Camphor, two ounces.
Voiatile oil of rosemary, two fluidrachm.s.
Alcohol, one gallon.
i
Digest the soap in the alcohol for three days, then filter, and
add the camphor and oil, mixing them intimately.
160 MAGNESIA.
LINIMENTUM SAPONIS ET OPII
EoJem modo. ut supra, paratur, adjecta opii uncia una, quae
cum sapone et alcohole digerenda est.
LINIMENTUM TABACI.
K. Tabaci connisi unciam unam.
Adipis libram unam.
Adipi incoque tabacum super ignem leoem donee friabile
riat ; turn per hoteum exprime.
LINIMENTUM TEREBINTHINiE COMPOS1TUM.
B. Cerati resinosi libram unam.
Terebinthinae olei octantem dimidium.
Liquefacto cerato adjice oleum terbinthinse, et misce.
MAGNESIA.
MAGNESIA.
R. Magnesias carbonatis quantumvis.
Grucibulo inditus, igne rubescat per horas duas ; dein in vasis
vitreis bene obturatis servetur.
MAGNESIA. 161
LINIMENT OF SOAP AND OPIUM
Is prepared in the same way, by adding an ounce of opium,
and digesting it with the soap and alcohol.
TOBACCO LINIMENT.
Take of Tobacco, cut fine, one ounce.
Hog's lard, one pound.
Simmer the tobacco in the lard over a gentle fire until it
becomes crisp, and strain.
COMPOUND LINIMENT OF TURPENTINE.
Take of Resinous cerate, one pound.
Oil of turpentine, half a pint.
Melt the cerate, and add the oil of turpentine.
MAGNESIA.
MAGNESIA.
Take of Carbonate of magnesia, any quantity.
Heat it to redness in a crucible, and keep it in this state for
two hours. Then inclose it in well stopped glass bottles.
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162 MELL1TA.
MELLITA.
MEL DESPUMATUM.
I • Mellis quantumvis.
Id balneo aquoso liqua ; turn spumam aufer.
MEL SCILLiE ACETATUM.
U. Mellis despumati libras ties.
Aceti scillae octantes duos.
Decoque in vase vitreo ad crassitudinem idoneam aquae bal-
neo, sods muriate saturate.
MEL SCILLiE COMPOSITUM.
R. Scillte siccatse et contusae ;
Senega? contusas, utriusque uncias quatuor.
Aquae octantes quatuor.
Coque igne leni ad consumendam aquam dimidiam ; cola, et
adde mellis despumati, libras duas : deinde coque ad octantes
tres, et in uncia quaque hujus liquoris solve antimonii tartariza-
ti granum unum.
HONEYS. 163
PREPARED HONEYS.
CLARIFIED HONEY.
Take of Honey, any quantity.
Melt it by means of a water bath, then take off the scum.
ACETATED HONEY OF SQUILL.
CALLED OXYMEL OF SQUILL.
Take of Clarified honey, three pounds.
Vinegar of squill, two pints.
Boil them down, in a glass vessel, to a proper consistence, on
a water bath, saturated with muriate of soda.
COMPOUND HONEY OF SQUILL.
Take of Squill, dried and bruised ;
Seneca snakeroot, bruised, of each four ounces.
Water, four pints.
Boil over a gentle fire, till the water is half consumed ; strain,
and add, of clarified honey, two pounds ; boil to three pints,
and dissolve in every ounce of this liquor one grain of tartarized
antimony.
164 MISTURA.
MISTURA.
MISTURA AMMONIACI.
B. Ammoni.ici drachmas duas.
Aquae octantem dimidium.
Tere ammoniacum cum aqua paulatim instillata, donee quam
uptime misceantur.
MISTURA AMYGDALA.
B. Amygdalarum unciam innm.
Sacchari purificati unciam dimidiam.
Aquae octantes duos cum semisse.
Amygdalas decorticatas in mortario lapideo diligenter contunde,
aquam simul paulatim affundens , dein cola.
MISTURA AMMONIACI ET ANTIMONII.
B. Misturse ammoniaci fluiduncias quatuor.
Vini antimonii tartarizati fluidrachmas quatuor.
Sjrupi Tolutani fluidunciam unam
Tincturee camphorae opiatae fluidrachmas quatuor.
Misce.
MISTURA CALCIS CARBONATIS.
B. Calcis carbonatis praeparati unciam unam cum semisse.
Sacchari unciam unam.
Acacia? gummi in pulverem triti unciam dimidiam.
Olei cinnamomi minima decern.
Aquae fluiduncias viginti.
MIXTURES. 165
MIXTURES.
AMMONIACUM MIXTURE.
Take of Ammoniacum, two drachms.
Water, half a pint.
Rub the ammoniacum *vith the water gradually poured upon
it, until they are perfectly mixed
ALMOND MIXTURE.
Take of Almonds, an ounce.
Retined sugar, half an ounce.
Water, ttvo pints and a half.
Beat the almonds, when blanchpd, thoroughly in a stone mor-
tar, gradually pouring on them the water ; then strain.
MIXTURE OF AMMONIACUM AND ANTIMONY.
WHITE MIXTURE.
Take of Ammoniacum mixture, four fluidounces.
Wine of antimony, four fluidrachms.
Syrup of Tolu, one fluidounce
Opiated tincture of camphor, four fluidrachms.
Mix.
MIXTURE OF CARBONATE OF LIME.
Take of Prepared carbonate of lime, one ounce aud a half.
Sugar, one ounce.
Acacia gum, in powder, half an ounce.
Oil of cinnamon, ten minims.
Water, twenty fluidounces.
16<3 MISTURjE.
Acacias gummi subige cum aquae fluidunciis quatuor. Deinde
tere oleum cum saccharo et omnia misce.
MISTURA CAMPHORiE.
R. Camphorae drachmam dimidiam.
Alcoholis minima decern.
Saccliari unciam dimidiam.
Aqua; octantem unum.
Camphoram primum cum alcohole tere, deinde cum aqua pau-
latim instillala, el cola.
MISTURA FERRI COMPOSITA.
R. Myrrhae in pulverem tritae drachmam unam.
Potassae suhcarbonatis grana viginti quinque.
Aquae rosae octantem dimidium.
Ferri sulphatis in pulverem triti scrupulum unum.
Spiritus lavandulae fluidunciam dimidiam.
Sacchari drachmam unam.
Myrrhara cum potassae subcarbonate et saccharo simul tere,
hisque dum conteruntur, primum aquam rosae et spiritum lavan-
dulae, [io?tremo llerri sulpbatem adjice. Misturam statim in vas
vitreuoj immitte, idque obtura.
MISTURA MAGNESIA.
R. Magnesias drachmam unam.
Aquae ammoniae carbonatis fluidrachmam unam.
Aquae cinnamomi tluidrachmas tres.
Aquae distillatae fluiduncias quinque cum semiase.
Uisce.
MIXTURES. 167
Rub down the gum with four ounces of water. Then rub
the oil with the sugar, and afterwards mis the whole together.
CAMPHOR MIXTURE.
Take of Camphor, half a drachm.
Alcohol, ten minims.
Sugar, half an ounce.
Water, one pint.
First rub the camphor with the alcohol, then with the water
gradually added, and strain the liquor.
COMPOUND MIXTURE OF IRON.
CALLED MYRRH MIXTURE.
Take of Myrrh, in powder, one drachm.
Subcarbonate of potass, twenty-five grains.
Rose water, half a pint.
Sulphate of iron, in powder, one scruple.
Spirit of lavender, half a fluidounce.
Sugar, one drachm.
Rub together the myrrh, the subcarbonate of potass and su-
gar, and during the trituration, add gradually, first the rose wa-
ter and spirit of lavender, and lastly the sulphate of iron. Pour
the mixture immediately into a suitable glass bottle, and stop it
close.
MAGNESIA MIXTURE.
Take of Magnesia, one drachm.
Water of carbonate of ammonia, one fluidrachm
Cinnamon water, three fluidrachms
Distilled water five fluidounces and a half.
Mix,
168 OLEA DISTILLATA.
MISTURA MOSCHI.
R. Moschi ;
Acacia? gurnmi in pulverem triti.
Sacchari puriticati, singulorum drachmam unam.
Aquae rosfe fluidnncias sex.
Tere moschum cum saccharo, deinde cum gummi, instillatfs
paulatim aqua rosee.
MISTURA ZINCI SULPHATIS.
R. Zinci sulphatis drachmas duas.
Spiritus lavandnlie fluidrachmas duas.
Aquas fluiduncias sex.
Misce.
OLEJl DISTILLATA
In oleis volatilibus parandis introducatur materia, ex qua
oleuti derivandum sit, in retortam, seu vas quodque ad distillan-
dum idonenm ; et aquae ad materiam tegendam satis infunde-
tur : deinde oleum in vas amplum refris;eratorium distillet.
Oleum cum aqua transvectum postea separandum est, prout
aqua levius, summa supernatet seu gravius imum petat.
Hoc modo paranda sunt
OLEUM ANISI,
Ab aniso.
OLEUM CHENOPODII,
A chenopodio.
DISTILLED OILS. 169
MUSK MIXTURE.
Take of Musk;
Acacia gum, in powder;
Refined sugar, each, one drachm.
Rose water, six fluidounces.
Rub the musk first with the sugar, then with the gum, and add
the rose water by degrees.
SULPHATE OF ZINC MIXTURE.
Take of Sulphate of zinc, two drachms.
Spirit of lavender, two fluidrachms
Water, six fluidounces.
Mix.
DISTILLED OILS.
In preparing such oils as are volatile, we introduce the sub-
stance from which the oil is to be obtained, into a retort or
common still, and pour on as much water as will cover it ; then
distil into a large refrigeratory.
The oil comes over with the water, and is afterwards to be
separated from it, according as it may be lighter than the water,
and swim upon its surface, or heavier, and sink to the bottom.
According to the above method are prepared
OIL OF ANISE,
From anise.
OIL OF WORMSEED,
From wormseed.
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170 OLEI D1STILLATA
OLEUM CUNILiE,
A cunila.
OLEUM FCENICULI,
A foeniculo.
OLEUM GAULTHERIjE,
A gaultheria.
OLEUM JUNIPERI,
A junipero.
OLEUM LAVANDULAE,
A lavandula.
OLEUM MENTHiE PIPERITA,
A mentlu piperita.
OLEUM MENTHA VIRIDIS,
A mentba viridi.
OLEUM MONARDiE,
A monarda.
OLEUM OR1GANI,
Ab origano.
OLEUM PIMENTO,
A pimenta.
OLEUM RORISMARINI,
A roremarino.
DISTILLED OILS.. 171
OIL OF PENNYROYAL,
From pennyroyal.
OIL OF FENNEL,
From fennel.
OIL OF PARTRIDGE BERRY,
From partridge berry.
OIL OF JUNIPER,
From juniper.
OIL OF LAVENDER,
From lavender.
OIL OF PEPPERMINT,
From peppermint.
OIL OF SPEARMINT,
From spearmint.
OIL OF MONARDA,
From monarda.
OIL OF ORIGANUM,
From marjoram.
OIL OF PIMENTO,
From pimento.
OIL OF ROSEMARY,
From rosemary.
172 OLEA DISTILLATA.
OLEUM SASSAFRAS,
A sassafras.
OLEUM SUCCINI.
H. Sun mi quantumvis, in pulverem redacti subtilem
cum arena? purse pari pondere.
In retortam vitream immitte et ex iis distillent in arense bal-
neo, calore gradatim aucto, liquor acidus, oleum, et sal oleo-
sum.
Deinde oleum cum aqua quantitatem suam scxies superante,
iterum distillet, donee in excipulum aqua? bis triens transierit.'
Oleum ab aqua separa, et in vasis bene obturatis serva.
OLEUM SUCCINI OXIDATUM.
14. Olei succini fluidrachmam unarn.
Acidi nitrici fluidrachmas tres cum semisse.
Oleum succini in vaa vitreum mitte, et acidum guttatim instil-
la, misturam eodem tempore spatha vitrea movens. Per horas
triginta seK requiescat, dein ab acido fluido resinosum superna-
tans separa ; et primo in aqua frigida, et denique in aqua
calida ablue, donee sapor acidulus evanuerit.
DISTILLED OILS. 173
OIL OF SASSAFRAS.
From sassafras.
OIL OF AMBER.
Take of Amber, any quantity, reduced to a tine powder, with
an equal weight of clean sand.
Put them into a glass retort, and distil from them in a sand
bath, with a gradually increased heat, an acid liquor, oil, and
salt impregnated with oil.
Re-dis,til the oil, with six times its quantity of water, till two
thirds of the water have passed into the receiver ; then sepa-
rate the volatile oil from the water, and preserve it in well
stopped phials.
OXIDATED OIL OF AMBER.
Take of Oil of amber, one fluidrachm.
Nitric acid, three and a half fluidrachms.
Put the oil of amber into a glass vessel, and gradually drop
the acid into it, at the same time stirring the mixture witii a glass
rod. Let it stand for thirty-six hours, then separate the super-
natant resinous matter from the acid fluid beneath, and wash it
repeatedly, first with cold, and lastly with hot water, till the
acid taste disappears.
174 PILULE.
PILUL.E.
PILULE ALOETIC^E.
R. Aloes socotrinae in pulverem tritae ;
Saponis, utriusque partem aequalem.
Subige cum aqua, ut fiat massa ad pilulas forraandas idonea
PILULE ALOES ET COLOCYNTHIDIS.
R. Aloiis socotrinae ;
Scammonias utriusque uncias duas.
Potassae sulphatis drachmas duas.
Colocynthidis unciam unam.
Caryophyllorum olei fluidrachmas duas.
Aloe'n et scammoniam cum potassae sulphate in pulverem con-
tere ; turn colocynthidem in pulverem tenuissimum tritam, et
oleum admisce, denique cum syrupo simplici subige in massam.
PILULE ALOES ET MYRRHS.
R. Aloes socotrinae uncias duas.
Myrrbae unciam unam.
Croci unciam dimidiam.
Cum syrupo subige in massam.
PILLS. 17*
PILLS.
ALOETIC PILLS.
Take of Socotrine aloes in powder.
Castile Soap each an equal part.
With water form a mass fit for making pills.
PILLS OF ALOES AND COLOCYNTH.
FORMERLY " PILULM COCHIJE."
Take of Socotrine aloes ;
Scammony, each two ounces.
Sulphate of potass, two drachms.
Colocynth, an ounce.
Oil of cloves, two fluidrachms.
Reduce the aloes and scammony into a powder with the sul-
phate of potass, then add the colocynth in fine powder, and the
oil of cloves, and with simple syrup form a mass.
PILLS OF ALOES AND MYRRH.
FORMERLY " PILULM RUFI."
Take of Socotrine aloes, two ounces.
Myrrh, one ounce.
Saffron, half an ounce.
Beat them into a mass with syrup
176 PILULA.
PILULE ALOES CUM MYRRHA ET GUAIACO.
H. Aloes 90cotrinaB in pulverem tritas uociam dimidiam.
Croci in pulverem triti ;
Myrrhse in pulverem tritae, utriusque drachmae duas.
Guaiaci resinee in pulverem tritas unciam dimidiam.
Oxidi antimonii unciam dimidiam.
Cum copaiba subige in massam.
PILULiE ANTIMONIALES COMPOSITE.
R. Hydrargyri subrauriatis drachmas duas.
Opii in pulverem triti drachmam unam.
Antimonii tartarizati scrupulum unum.
Cum syrupo subige in massam, et in pilulas sexaginta divide.
PILULE ARSENICI.
It. Acidi arseniosi grana duo.
Opii in pulverem triti grana octo.
Saponis grana viginti duo.
Subige in massam, et divide in pilulas triginta duas.
PILULE ASSAFCETIDjE.
H. Assafcetidse partes tres.
Saponis partem unam.
Cum aqua subigaotur in massam.
PILLS. 177
PILLS OF ALOES MYRRH AND GUAIACUM.
Take of Socotrine aloes in powder, half an ounce.
Saffron in povvder ;
Myrrh in powder, each two drachms.
Resin of guaiacum in powder, half an ounce.
Oxide of antimony, half an ounce.
With copaiba form a mass.
COMPOUND ANTIMONIAL PILLS.
Take of Submuriate of mercury, two drachms.
Opium in powder, one drachm.
Tartarized antimony, one scruple.
With syrup form a mass to be divided into sixty pills.
PILLS OF ARSENIC.
Take of Arsenious acid, two grains.
Opium in powder, eight grains.
Castile soap, twenty-two grains.
Form a mass and divide into thirty-two pills.
ASSAFGETIDA PILLS.
Take of As6afcetida, three parts.
Castile soap, one part.
With water beat into a mass.
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PILULE.
PILULE ASSAFOETIDiE CQMPOSITjE,
R. Assafoetida? ;
Aloes socotrinje ;
Saponis ; siDgulorum partem aequalem.
Cum aqua subigaotur in massam.
PILULE AURI MURIATIS.
R. Auri muriatis grana decern.
Glycyrrhizae in pulverem tritre drachmas tres.
Cum syrupo simplici subige in massam et divide in pilulas
centum et quinquaginta.
PILULvE COLOCYNTHIDIS EXTRACTI COMPO
S1TI.
R. Colocyntbidis extracti compositi drachmam cum se-
misse
Antimonii oxidi drachmam dimidiam.
Fiat massa, in pilulas triginta dividcnda.
PILULiE FERRI SULPHATIS.
R Ferri sulphatis drachmam unam.
Cum extracto gentianae subige in massam et divide in pilulas
triginta aequales.
PILLS. 179
COMPOUND ASSAFCETIDA PILLS.
Take of Assafoetida ;
Socotrine aloes ;
Ca9tile soap, each equal parts.
With water heat into a mass.
PILLS OF MURIATE OF GOLD.
Take of Muriate of gold, ten grains.
Liquorice in powder, three drachms.
With simple syrup form a mass and divide into a hundred and
fifty pills.
PILLS OF COMPOUND EXTRACT OF COLO-
CYNTH.
Take of Compound extract of colocynth, a drachm and a half.
Oxide of antimony, half a drachm.
Form a mass, and divide into thirty pills.
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PILLS OF SULPHATE OF IRON.
Take of Sulphate of iron, one drachm.
With the extract of gentian form a mass, and divide into thir-
ty pills.
180 PILULiE.
PILULjE FERRI SULPHATIS COMPOSITE.
B. Rhei in pulverem triti drachmam cum semisse.
Ferri sulphatis scrupulos duos.
Saponis dracbmam dimidiam.
Cum aqua subige in massam et divide in pilulas quadraginta
squales.
PILUUE GAMBOGE ET SCAMMONIiE.
H. Gambogias in pulverem tritse unciam unam.
Scammonii in pulverem triti unciam dimidiam.
Potassfe nitratis dracbmam unam.
Saponis drachmas duas.
Cum aqua subige in massam et divide in pilulas quadringentas.
P1LUL./E HYDRARGYRI.
ft. Hydrargyri purificati ;
Confectionis ro?s, utriusque unciam unam.
Glycyrrhizas in pulverem tritae unciam dimidiam.
Tere hydrargyrum cum confectione in mortario vitreo donee
illius globuli visum penitus effugerint ; dein glycyrrhizam adjice
et subige in massam statim dividendam in pilulas quadringentas
octoginta aequales.
PILULiE HYDRARGYRI OXYMURIATIS.
R. Hydrargyri oxymuriatis grana decern.
Marantae scrupulum unum.
Cum ammonia? muriate in aqua soluto subige in massam.
PILLS. 181
COMPOUND PILLS OF SULPHATE OF IRON.
Take of Rhubarb in powder, one drachm and a half.
Sulphate of iron, two scruples.
Castile soap, half a drachm.
With water form a mass and divide into forty pills.
PILLS OF GAMBOGE AND SCAMMONY.
Take of Gamboge in powder, one ounce.
Scammony in powder, half an ounce.
Nitrate of potass, one drachm.
Castile soap, two drachms.
With water form a mass and divide into four hundred pills
MERCURIAL PILLS.
BLUE PILLS.
Take of Purified mercury ;
Confection of roses, each one ounce.
Liquorice in powder, half an ounce.
Rub the mercury with the confection in a glass mortar till the
globules disappear ; then add the liquorice and form a mass to
be immediately divided into four hundred and eighty pills,
PILLS OF OXYMURIATE OF MERCURY.
Take of Oxymuriate of mercury, ten grains.
Arrow root, one scruple.
With muriate of ammonia dissolved in water form a mass.
18a PILULE.
PILULvE HYDRARGYRI SUBMURIATIS.
H. Hydrargyri submuriatis drachmam dimidiam.
Saponis scrupulum unum.
Cum aqua subige in massam, et divide in pilulas trigiuta
«quales.
PILULiE JALAP^E COMPOSITE.
R. .Talapse in pulverem tritae ;
Rhei in pulverem triti ;
Saponis, singulorum unciam unam.
Hydrargyri submuriatis drachmas sex cum scrupuhs
duobus.
Antimonii tartarizati grana viginti octo.
Cum aqua subige in massam et divide in pilulas quadringentas
(equates.
PILULE MYRRH/E ET FERR1.
R. Ferri limaturae purificatse unciam unam.
Myrrhas in pulverem tritae ;
Saponis, utriusque drachmas duas.
Cum syrupo subige in massam et divide in pilulas singula?
grana sex pendentes.
PILULE OPU.
R. Opii in pulverem triti drachmam unam.
Saponis graDa duodecim.
Cum aqua subige in massam et divide in pilulas sexaginta
aequales.
PILLS. 183
PILLS OF SUBMURIATE OF MERCURY.
Take of Submuriate of mercury, half a drachm.
Castile soap, one scruple.
With water form a mass and divide into thirty pills.
COMPOUND PILLS OF JALAP.
Take of Jalap in powder ;
Rhubarb in powder ;
Castile soap, each one ounce.
Submuriate of mercury six drachms and two scruples.
Tartarized antimony, twenty eight grains.
With water form a mass and divide into four hundred pills.
PILLS OF MYRRH AND IRON.
Take of Purified iron filings, one ounce.
Myrrh in powder ;
Castile soap, each two drachms.
With syrup form a mass and divide into pills, each weighing
six grains.
PILLS OF OPIUM.
Take of Opium in powder, one drachm.
Castile soap, twelve grains.
With water form a mass and divide into sixty pill«.
164 PILULE.
PILULE PICIS.
R. Picis liquids drachmam unam.
Inula? in pulverem trita? quantum sufficit ad forman-
dam massam in pilulas sexaginta dividriul.au.
PILULE RHEl COMPOSITE.
R. Rhei in pulverem triti unciam unam.
Aloes socotrinae in pulverem tritae drachmas sex.
Myrrhs in pulverem tritae unciam dimidiam.
Olei menthae piperita; tluidracliinam dimidiam.
Cum syrupo aurantii corticis subige in massam.
pilule scillj:.
R. Scillae siccatse in pulverem trita; drachmam unam.
Saponis grana viginti quatuor.
Cum aqua subige in massam et divide in pilulas quadragintu
vquales.
PILULE SODM SUBCARBONATIS.
R. Sodas subcarbonatis exsiccatae drachmas duas.
Saponis drachmam dimidiam.
Subige in massam et divide in pilulas quadraginta aequales.
PILLS. 185
TAR PILLS.
Take of Tar one drachm.
Elecampane in powder, a sufficient quantity to form a
mass to be divided into sixty pills.
COMPOUND PILLS OF RHUBARB.
Take of Rhubarb in powder, one ounce.
Socotrine aloes in powder, six drachms.
Myrrh in powder, half an ounce.
Oil of peppermint, half a fluidrachm.
With syrup of orange peel, form a mass.
PILLS OF SQUILL.
Take of Dried squills in powder, one drachm.
Castile soap, twenty-four grains.
With water form a mass, and divide into forty pills.
PILLS OF SUBCARBONATE OF SODA.
Take of Subcarbonate of soda, dried, two drachms.
Castile soap, half a drachm.
Form a mass, and divide into forty pills.
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186 PLUMBUM.— POTASSiE.
PLUMBUM.
PLUMBI ACETAS.
H. Plumbi subcarbonatis quantumvis.
Aceti puri6cati pondus decuplum.
Digere in vase vitreo, donee dulcescat acetum. Turn hoc et-
fuso, aceti perge addens donee non amplius dulcescat. Cola, et
alternatim lente vaporando et refrigerando, in crystallos redigp
sub umbra exsiccanda=.
PLUMBI SUBACETAS L1QUIDUS.
H. Plumbi oxidi semivitrei libras duas.
Aceti purificati coDgium unum.
Misce, et decoque ad octantes sex, assidut movens ; dein se-
pODe, ut subsidant freces, et cola.
POTASSA.
POTASSA.
R. Aquae pqtassse quantumvis.
Id vase ferreo mundissimo operto vaporet, donee, ebullition.
finite, materies salina tranquille fluat instar olei, quod fit ante-
LEAD.— POTASS. 187
LEAD.
ACETATE OF LEAD.
SUGAR OF LEAD.
Take of Subcarbonate of lead, any quantity.
Purified vinegar, ten times its weight.
Digest in a glass vessel until the vinegar becomes sweet.
Having poured this off, add more vinegar, until it ceases to be-
come sweet. Filter the liquor and crystallize by alternate plow
evaporation and refrigeration. The crystals are to be dried in
the shade.
LIQUID SUBACETATE OF LEAD.
GOULARD'S EXTRACT.
Take of Semi vitrified oxide of lead, two pounds.
Purified vinegar, one gallon.
Mix, and boil down to six pints, constantly stirring ; then set
it by, that the feculencies may subside, and strain.
POTASS.
POTASS.
Take of Solution o£ potass, any quantity.
Evaporate it in a covered very clean iron vessel, till, on the
ebullition ceasing, the saline matter flows gently like oil, which
18a FOTASS/E.
quam vas igiie rubescat. Dein eil'undatur super larninam fer-
reara nitidani ; in massulas secetur antequam durescat, et illico
in phiala bene obturanda reponatur.
POTASSiE ACETAS.
H. Potassa: carbonatis libram unam.
Coquatur, lenissimo igne, in aceti purificati quadruplo vel
quintuplo ; et denuo acetum subinde adjiciatur, donee prio-
ns parte aquosa fere vaporando dissipatfi, acetum nuper addi-
tum nullam move.it effervescentiam, quod fiet consumptis aceti
octantibus circiter viginti ; posteaieote exsiccetur. Sal impurus
residuus, leni igne aliquantisper, nee justo diutius, liquefiat;
dein aqua solvatur, et per cbartam coletur. Si liquefactio rite
peracta fuerit, liquor cubitus limpidus erit, sin minus, colons
i'usci. Postea, lenissimo igne vaporel bic liquor ex vase vitreo
ininime profundo, sale, dum nrescil, subinde moto, quo citius ad
siccitatem perducatur. Acetas potassse dein in vase optime
clauso asservari debet, ne aire liquescat.
AQUA POTASS^E.
H. Calcis recentis uncias octo.
Potassae carbonatis uncias sex.
Injiciatur calx in vas ferreum vel figulinuui, cum aqua: calidai
lluidunciis viginti octo. Ebullitione peracta, statim addatur sal ;
omnibusque bene peraiistis, vas operiatur donee frigescant.
Frigel'acta materia, etdein bene agitata, effundatur in infundibu-
lum vitreum, cujus guttur linteolo puro obstructum sit. Infundi-
POTASS. 189
happens before the vessel becomes red. Then pour it out on a
smooth iron plate ; let it be divided into small pieces before it
hardens, and immediately deposited in a well-stopped phial.
ACETATE OF POTASS.
FORMERLY DIURETIC SALT.
Take of Carbonate of potass, one pound.
Boil it with a very gentle heat in four or five times its weight
of purified vinegar, and add more vinegar at different times, till
on the watery part of the preceding quantity being nearly dissi-
pated by evaporation, the new addition of vinegar ceases to
raise any effervescence, which will happen when about twenty
pints of vinegar have been consumed. It is then to be slowly
dried. The impure salt remaining is to be melted with a gentle
heat, for a short time, but no longer than necessary, and after-
wards dissolved in water, and filtered through paper. If the li-
quefaction has been properly performed, the filtered liquor will
be limpid ; but if otherwise, of a brown colour. Afterwards
evaporate this liquor with a very gentle heat, in a very shallow
glass vessel, occasionally stirring the salt as it becomes dry,
that its moisture maybe sooner dissipated. Lastly, the acetate
of potass ought to be kept in a vessel very closely stopped, to
prevent it from deliquescing.
SOLUTION OF POTASS.
Take of Fresh burnt lime, eight ounces.
Carbonate of potass, six ounces.
Put the lime into an iron or earthen vessel, with twenty-eight
iluidounces of warm water. After the ebullition is finished, in-
stantly add the salt ; and having thoroughly mixed them, cover
the vessel till they cool. When the mixture has cooled, agitate
it well, and pour it into a glass funnel, the throat of which is
stopped with a piece of clean linen. Cover the upper ori-
190 POTASS4S.
buli os supenus operiatur dum tubus ejus alii vast vitreo insera-
tur, ut aqua potassse per linteolura in vas supposituin sensim
stillet. Cum primum stillare desierit, affundantur in infundibu-
lurn aquae fluidunciae aliquot, sed caute, ut ea materiam superna-
tet. Iocipiet iterum stillare aqua potassae. Sic autem iteranda
est aqua* iffnsio, donee "tillaverint octantes tres, quod bidui vel
tndui spatio fiet ; dein liquoris partes superiores cum inleriori-
bus agitatione misceantur ; ipseque in vase bene obturato ser-
vetur
POTASS^E CARBONAS.
B. Potasses supertartratis quautumvis.
Charta bibula madefacta involutus, vel crucibulo inditus, cir-
cumjectis prunis, in massam nigram comburatur ; quae dein con-
trita in crucibulo aperto, igni mediocri subjiciatur usque donee
alba vel saltern cinerea fiat ; cura adhibita ne liquescat. Turn
in aqua calida solvatur ; per linteum coletur liquor, et in vase
ferreo mundo vaporet, sub finem assidue agitatus cochleari fer-
reo ne materia fundo vasis adbaereat. Sal albissimus restabit,
qui paulo diutius super ignem relinquendus eat, donee vasis fun-
dus fere rubescat. Postremo refrigeratus in vasis vitreis bene
obturatis servetur.
POTASSA CUM CALCE.
B. Aquas potassae quantumvis.
Vaporet ad tertiam partem in vase ferreo operto ; dein ad-
misceatur calcis recens extinctae quantum sufficiat ad pultis so-
lidioris crassitudinem dandam, qua? in vase obturato servetur.
POTASS. 191
fice of the funnel, and insert its tube into another glass vessel,
so that the solution of potass may gradually drop through the
rag into the lower vessel. As soon as it ceases to drop, pour
into the funnel some ounces of water, but cautiously, so that it
may swim above the matter in the funnel. The solution of po-
tass will again begin to drop, and the effusion of water is to be
repeated in the same manner, until three pints have dropped,
which will happen in the space of two or three days ; theD mix
the superior and inferior parts of the liquor together by agita-
tion, and keep it in a well-stopped phial. .
CARBONATE OF POTASS.
Take of Impure supertartrate of potass, any quantity.
Wrap it up in moist bibulous paper, or put it into a crucible,
and burn it into a black mass, by placing it among live coals.
Having reduced this mass to powder, expose it in an open cru-
cible to the action of a moderate fire, till it become white, or at
least of an ash-grey colour, taking care thatit do not melt. Then
dissolve it in warm water ; strain the liquor through a linen
cloth, and evaporate it in a clean iron vessel, diligently stir-
ring it towards the end of the process, with an iron spatula,
to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the vessel. A very
white salt will remain, which is to be left a little longer on the
fire, till the bottom of the vessel becomes almost red. Lastly,
when the salt is grown cold, keep it in glass vessels well stop-
ped.
POTASS WITH LIME.
Take of Solution of potass, any quantity.
Evaporate it in a covered iron vessel till one third remains ;
then mix it with as much new slacked lime as will bring it to the
consistence of pretty solid pap, which is to be kept ia a vessel
closely stopped.
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POTASSAE SUBCARBONAS.
R. Potassae subcarbonatis impuri quanturavis.
In crucibulo igne rubescat, dein cum aqua pari pondere con-
tere et postquam subsederint freces, liquorem in ollam ferream
mundissimam infunde ; denique ad siccitatem decoque sub Cnem,
assidue, ne vasi adhaereat, agitans.
LIQUOR POTASS.E SUBCARBONATIS.
R. Potassae subcarbonatis libram unam.
Aquae distillatae fluiduncias duodecira.
Liqua potassae subcarbonatem in aqua, et per cbartam cola.
POTASS^ SULPHAS.
R. Salis qui restat post distillationem acidi nitrici, libras
duas.
Aquas bullientis congios duos.
Misce, ut liquetur sal ; turn adjice potassae subcarbonatis quod
satis sit ad acidum saturandum. Dein coque, donee pellicula
supernatet; et, postquam colaveris, sepone, ut fiant crystalli.
Has, effusa aqua, super cbartam bibulam essicca.
POTASS. 193
SUBCARBONATE OF POTASS.
FORMERLY SALT OF TARTAR.
Take oflmpure subcarbonate of potass, any quantity.
Heat it red hot in a crucible. Tlien triturate it with an
equal weight of water, and after the faeces have subsided, pour
the liquor into a very clean iron pot; lastly, boil to dryness,
stirring constantly towards the end of the process, to prevent it
from sticking to the vessel.
SOLUTION OF SUBCARBONATE OF POTASS.
Take of Subcarbonate of potass, one pound.
Distilled water, twelve fluidounces.
Dissolve the subcarbonate of potass in the water, and then
strain the solution through paper.
SULPHATE OF POTASS. v
FORMERLY VITRIOLATED TARTAR.
Take of Salt which remains after the distillation of nitric acid,
two pounds.
Boiling water, two gallons.
Mix them together that the salt may be dissolved ; next add
as much subcarbonate of potass as may be requisite for the sa-
turation of the acid. Then boil the solution until a pellicle ap-
pears upon the surface, and, after straining it, set it by that
crystals may form. Having poured away the water, dry the
crystals upon bibulous paper.
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POTASS.E SUPERCARBONAS.
R. Potassae carbonatis partem imam.
Aquae partes tres.
Solve in aqua potassse carbonatera. Liquorem in vas Noothn
apparatus medium pone ; et per idem, acidum carbonicum a
calcis carbonate et acido sulpburico diluto elicitum. donee crys-
tallos deponere cessaverit, transire facias ; dein crystallos collige,
et super charta bibula exsicca.
POTASSjE TARTRAS.
R. Potassse subcarbonatis libram unam.
Potassae supertartratis libras tres, vel quantum satis
sit.
Aquae bullientis octantes quindecim.
Potassae subcarbonati in aqua soluto potassae supertartratem
in pulverem tenuem tritum paulatim adjice, quamdiu efferves-
centiam excitet, quae fere desinit antequam triplum subcarbona-
tis potassae pondus injectum fuerit ; dein liquorem refrigeratum
per chartam cola, et post idoneam exhalationem sepone ut crys-
talli formentur.
TARTRAS POTASSAE ET SOD^C.
R. Soda; subcarbonatis uncias viginti.
Potassae supertartratis contritae libras duas.
Aquae bullientis octantes decern.
Sodae subcarbonatem in aqu r i liqua, et adjice paulatim potassse
supertnrtratem. Liquorem per chartam cola ; turn coque, do-
nee pellicula supernatet, et sepone, ut fiant crystalli. Has, effu-
sa aqua, super chartam bibulam exsicca.
ft
POTASS. 195
SUPER-CARBONATE OF POTASS.
Take of Carbonate of potass, one part.
Water, three parts.
Dissolve the carbonate of potass in the water ; put the solu-
tion in the middle vessel of Nooth's apparatus, and pass through
it a stream of carbonic acid gas, obtained from carbonate of lime
and diluted sulphuric acid, until the deposition of crystals ceases ;
then collect the crystals, and dry them on bibulous paper.
TARTRATE OF POTASS.
FORMERLY SOLUBLE TARTAR.
Take of Subcarbonate of potass, one pound.
Supertartrate of potass, three pounds, or as much as
may be sufficient.
Boiling water, fifteen pints.
To the subcarbonate of potass, dissolved in the water, gra-
dually add the supertartrate of potass in fine powder, as long as
it raises any effervescence, which generally ceases before three
times the weight of the subcarbonate of potass has been added ;
then strain the aooled liquor through paper ; and, after due
evaporation, set it aside to crystallize.
TARTRATE OF POTASS AND SODA.
CALLED ROCHELLE SJLT.
Take of Subcarbonate of soda, twenty ounces.
Supertartrate of potass in powder, two pounds.
Boiling water, ten pints.
Dissolve the carbonate of soda in the water, and gradually add
the supertartrate of potass. Filter the solution through paper ;
evaporate until a pellicle be formed, and set it aside to crystal-
lize. Pour off the liquor, and dry the crystals on blotting
paper.
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PULVERES.
PULFERES.
PULVIS ALOES CUM CANELLA.
H. Aloes socotrinaj libram unaui.
Canellee uncias tres.
Sepasatim in pulverem tenuissimum tere ; dein misce.
PULVIS AROMATICUS.
R. Cinnamomi ;
Cardnmonii ;
Zingibers ; singulorum partem aequalem.
Tere in pulverem tenuissimum, qui in vase vitreo bene obtu-
rato servandus est.
PULVIS CALCIS CARBONATIS COMPOSITUS.
R. Calcis carbonatis praeparati uncias quatuor.
Cinnamomi drachmam unam cum semisse.
Myrislicae drachmam dimidiam.
Tere simul in pulverem.
PULVIS IPECACUANHA ET CUPRI SULPHATIS.
R. Ipecacuanha? in pulverem tritae scrupulum unum.
Cupri sulphatis grana quinque.
Tere simul in pulverem.
POWDERS. J97
POWDERS.
POWDER OF ALOES WITH CANELLA.
FORMERLY "HIERJ PICRA."
Take of Socotrine aloes, one pound.
Caneila, three ounces.
Pulverize them separately ; then mix them.
AROMATIC POWDER.
Take of Cinnamon ;
Cardamon ;
-
Ginger, each equal parts.
Rub them together to a fine powder, which is to be kept in a
well stopped glass bottle.
COMPOUND POWDER OF CARBONATE OF LIME.
Take of Prepared carbonate of lime, four ounces.
Cinnamon, a drachm and a half.
Nutmeg, half a drachm.
Powder them together.
POWDER OF IPECACUANHA AND SULPHATE OF
COPPER.
Take of Ipecacuanha in powder, one scruple.
Sulphate of copper, five grains-.
Rub them together.
198 SODA.
PULVIS IPECACUANHA ET OPII.
R. Ipecacuanha 4 in pulverem tritas.
Opii, utriusque partem unam.
Potassse sulphatis partes octo.
Tere simul in pulverem tenueui.
PULVIS JALAP A COMPOS1TUS.
R, Jalapae in pulverem tritae partem unam.
Potassae supertartratis partes duas.
Tere simul in pulverem tenuissimum.
PULVIS SCAMMONII COMPOSITUS.
R. Scammonii ;
Potassae supertartratis, utriusque partem sequalein.
Tere simul in pulverem tenuissimum.
SODA.
SODA CARBONAS.
R. Soda? subcarbonatis libram unam.
Ammonia; subcarbonatis uncias tres.
Aquas distillatae octantem unum.
Sodee subcarbonati in aqua liquato ammoniam adjice ; turn
balneo arena? caloris gradum clxxx, adhibe per horas tres, ?el
SODA. 199
POWDER OF IPECACUANHA AND OPIUM.
FORMERLY DOVER'S POHDER.
Take of Ipecacuanha, in powder 5
Opium, each one part.
Sulphate of potass, eight parts.
Reduce them to a fine powder.
COMPOUND POWDER OF JALAP.
Take of Jalap in powder, one part.
Supertartrate of potass, two parts.
Rub them together to a fine powder.
COMPOUND POWDER OF SCAMMONY.
Take of Scammony ;
Supertartrate of potass, each equal parts.
Rub them together to a fine powder.
SODA.
CARBONATE OF SODA.
Take of Subcarbonate of soda, one pound.
Carbonate of ammonia, three ounces -
Water, one pint.
Having previously dissolved the subcarbonate of soda in the
water, add the carbonate of ammonia, then by means of a sand
200 SODA.
donee ammonia expulsa fuerit. Denique sepone, ut fiant crys«
tall i . Simili modo consumatur liquor reliquus, et seponatur, ut
iterum prodeant crystalli.
SOOE PHOSPHAS.
R. Phosphatis calcis in pulverem contusi libras decern.
Acidi snlphurici libras sex.
Aquae octantes novem.
Subcarbonatis sodae quantum satis sit.
Phosphateai calcis in vase figulino cum acido sulphurico per-
misce ; dein adde aquam et iternm perraisce ; tunc vas in aquas
bullientis vapore fove per tres dies, quibus -elapsis, materiam
aliis aquae bullientis octantibus novem additis dilue, et per pan-
num linteum fort em cola, aquam bullientem paulatim supprin-
fundens, donee acidum omne elu.itur. Liquorem colatum se-
pone, ut fences subsidant, a quibus eflunde ; dein vaporatione
minue ad octantes novem. Hnic liquori a faacibus effuso, et
calefacto in vase figulino, adde snbearbonatem sodae ex aqua ca-
lida solutum, donee cesset efftrvescentia. Turn cola, et sepone,
ut crystalli formentur. His exemptis, liquori, si opus ait, adde
paululum subcarbonatis sodas, ut acidum phosphoricnm accurate
saturetur, et vaporatione ad crystallos iterum formandos dis-
pone, quamdiu hi prodierint. Crystalli demum in vase bene
obturando reponantur.
sodj: murias exsiccatus.
R. Sodae muriatis qnantumvis.
Super ignem torre in vase ferreo, minus arete cooperto, su-
binde agitans, donee crepitare cessaverit.
SODA. 201
bath apply a heat of 180° for three hours, or until the ammonia
be driven off. Lastly, set the solution by to crystallize. The
remaining solution may in the same manner be evaporated
and set by, that crystals may again form.
PHOSPHATE OF SODA.
Take of Phosphate of lime in coarse powder, ten pounds.
Sulphuric acid, six pounds.
Water, nine pints.
Subcarbonate of soda, a sufficient quantity.
Mix the phosphate of lime with the sulphuric acid in an ear-
then vessel ; then add the water, and mix again ; then place the
vessel in a vapour bath, and digest for three days ; after which,
dilute the mass with nine pints more of boiling water, and strain
the liquor through a strong linen cloth, pouring over it boiling
water in small quantities at a time, until the whole acid be wash-
ed out. Set by the strained liquor, that the impurities may sub-
side ; decant the clear solution, and evaporate it to nine pints.
To this liquor poured from the impurities, and heated in an ear-
then vessel, add carbonate of .soda, dissolved in warm wa-
ter, until the effervescence ceases. Filter the neutralized li-
quor, and set it aside to crystallize To the liquor that remains
after the crystals are taken out add a little carbonate of soda, if
necessary, so as to saturate exactly the phosphoric acid ; and
dispose the liquor, by evaporation, to form crystals as long as it
will furnish any. Lastly, the crystals are to be kept in a well-
closed vessel.
DRIED MURIATE OF SODA.
Take of Muriate of soda, any quantity.
Roast it over the fire in an iron vessel, loosely covered, until
it ceases to decrepitate, agitating' it from time to time.
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202 SPIRITUS.
SODjE SUBCARBONAS EXSICCATUS.
R. Sodae subcarbonatis quantumvis.
In vase ferreo nitido, calorem ferventem adhibe, donee pe«
nitus exsiccetur ; simul spatha ferrea assidue movens. De-
nique in pulverem tere.
SPIRTTUS.
SPIRITUS JUNIPERI COMPOSITUS.
R. Juniperi rontus* libram unam.
Carui contusi ;
Feeniculi contusi, utriusque unciara unam cum semisse.
Alcoholis diluti octantes novem.
Macera per biduum ; et addito aquae quantum satis sit ad ar-
cendum empyreuma, distillatione elice octantes novem.
SPIRITUS LAVANDULAE.
R. Lavandulae recentis libras duas.
Alcoholis congium unum.
Macera per horas viginti quatuor ; et addito aqua? quantum
satis sit ad arcendura empyreuma, distillatione elice congium.
SPIRITUS RORISMARINI.
R. Rorismarini recentis libras duas.
Alcoholic congium unum.
Macera per biduum ; et addito aquas quantum satis sit ad ar-
rendum empyreuma distillatione elice congium.
SPIRITS. 203
DRIED SUBCARBONATE OF SODA.
Take of Subcarbonate of soda, any quantity.
Apply to it a boiling heat in a clean iron vessel until it be-
comes perfectly dry, and at tbe same time constantly stir it
with an iron rod. Lastly, reduce it to powder.
SPIRITS.
COMPOUND SPIRIT OF JUNIPER.
Take of Juniper bruised, one pound.
Caraway bruised ;
Fennel bruised, each one ounce and a half.
Diluted alcohol, nine pints.
Macerate for two days ; and having added enough water to
prevent empyreuma, distil off nine pints.
SPIRIT OF LAVENDER.
Take of Fresh lavender, two pounds,
Alcohol, one gallon.
Macerate for twenty hours ; and having added enough water
to prevent empyreuma, distil off a gallon.
SPIRIT OF ROSEMARY.
Take of Fresh rosemary, two pounds.
Alcohol, one gallon.
Macerate for twenty four hours, and having added enough
water to prevent empyreuma, distil off a gallon.
«04 SPONGIA.— STANNUM.
SPONGIA.
SPONGIA USTA.
"R. Spongias quantumvis.
In frustala concide, et contunde, ut a rebus alienis adbaeren-
tibus separetar ; turn in vase ferreo clauso ore, donee nigra et
friabilis hat ; denique in pulverem subtilissimum tere.
STANNUM.
PULVIS STANNI.
R. Stanni quantumvis.
Liqna in vase ferreo super ijrnem, et agita donee in pulve-
rem redactum fuerit ; quem refrigeratum per cribrum trans-
mitte.
PULVIS STANNI AMALGAMATIS.
R Stanni partes quinqne.
Hydrargyri purificati partes duas.
Calcis carbonatis praeparati partem unam.
Stanno liquefacto hydrargyrum adde, et simul contere ; turn
carbonate calcis adjecto, misturam adhuc liquentem, donee parti-
culas metallicae evanuerint, tere. Inter frigescendum misturam
in pollen redige.
SPONGE.— TIN. 205 '
SPONGE.
BURNT SPONGE.
Take of Sponge, any quantity.
Cut it into pieces, and beat it, that any extraneous adherent
matters may be separated ; then burn it in a close iron vessel
until it becomes black and friable ; lastly rub it to a very fine
powder-
17JV.
POWDER OF TIN.
Take of Tin, any quantity.
Having melted it over the fire in an iron vessel, agitate it
until it be reduced to powder, which is to be passed, when cold,
through a sieve.
POWDER OF THE AMALGAM OF TIN.
Take of Tin, five parts.
Purified mercury, two parts.
Prepared carbonate of lime, one part.
Melt the tin, add to it the mercury, and rub them together ;
then add the carbonate of lime, and while the mixture is liqdid,
rub till the metallic particles disappear ; lastly, while the mix-
ture cools, reduce it to an impalpable powder.
20C SULPHUREA.— SYRUPI.
SULPHURED.
SULPHURETUM POTASSjE.
H. Sulphuris uociam unam.
Potassae subcarbonatis unctas duas.
Simul conterp. et in crucibulo clauso, super ignem lenem do-
nee fusa sit mistura, retine. Ex crucibulo adhuc calentem
ftnde ; et frigefactam in vase bene obturato serva.
SULPHURETUM SOOE.
K. Sulphuris ;
Sodae subcarbonatis exsiccati, utriusque unciam unam.
Modo eodem, quo potassae sulphuretum, para.
SYRUPI.
SYRUPUS ACETI.
R. Aceti purificati octantes duos cum semisse.
Sacchari libras tres cum semisse.
Coque ut fiat syrupus.
SYRUPUS ALLII.
B. Allii concisi libram unam.
Aquae bullientis octantes duos.
SULPHURS.— SYRUPS. 207
PREPARATIONS OF SULPHUR
SULPHURET OF POTASS.
Take of Sulphur, one ounce.
Subcarbonate of potass, two ounces.
Rub them together, and heat the mixture in a covered cruci-
ble, over a gentle fire, until it is fused. Pour it from the cruci-
ble while hot, and after it has cooled, put it into a close stopped
bottle.
SULPHURET OF SODA.
Take of Sulphur ;
Dried subcarbonate of soda, of each, one ounce.
Prepare it in the same manner as sulphuret of potass.
SYRUPS.
SYRUP OF VINEGAR.
Take of Purified vinegar, two pints and a half
Sugar, three pounds and a half.
Boil them to form a syrup.
SYRUP OF GARLIC
Take of Garlic sliced, one pound.
Boiling water, two pints.
208 SYRUPI.
Macen allium in aqua, vase operto, per horas duodecim, dein
liquoris cohtti parti uni adjice sacchari partes duas, et fiat sy-
rupus.
SYRUPUS AURANTII CORTIC1S.
R. Aurantii corticis exterioris recentis unci, is tres.
Aqua? bullientis octantem unum cum semisse.
Sacchari libias tres.
Digere corticem in aqua per horas duodecim vase operto, ve-
siculas radula discerpens ; dein liquori colato adde saccharum
eontritum, leni culore adhibito, ut fiat syrupus.
SYRUPUS COLCHICI.
H. Colchici recentis in frustra tenuiasecti unciam unam.
Aceti purificati octantem unum.
Sacchari uncias viginti sex.
Macera colchicum in aceto per biduum, vas subinde agitans,
dein leniter exprimens cola. Liquori colato adde saccharum
contritum, et coque paululum ut fiat syrupus.
SYRUPUS RHAMNI.
R. Succi defsecati baccarum maturarum ihamni partes
duas.
Sacchari partem unam.
Coque ut fiat syrupus.
SYRUPS. 209
Macerate the garlic in the water, in a covered vessel, for
twelve hours ; then add two parts of sugar, to one part of the
strained liquor, and form a syrup.
SYRUP OF ORANGE PEEL.
Take of Fresh orange peel, three ounces.
Boiling water, one pint and a half.
Sugar, three pounds.
Digest for twelve hours in a covered vessel, during which
time, lacerate the oil vesicles under water by rubbing a grater
upon the out-side of the peel ; then add to the strained liquor
the sugar in powder, and with a very gentle heat form a syrup.
SYRUP OF MEADOW SAFFRON.
Take of Fresh meadow saffron cut in slices, one ounce.
Puri6ed vinegar, one pint.
Sugar, twenty-six ounces.
Macerate the meadow saffron in the vinegar for two days, oc-
casionally shaking the vessel ; then strain the infusion with gen-
tle expression. To the strained infusion add the sugar ; and
boil a little so as to form a syrup.
SYRUP OF BUCKTHORN.
Take of Defecated juice of ripe buckthorn, two parts.
Sugar, one part.
Boil to form a syrup.
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HO 3YRUPI.
SYRUPUS RHEI.
R. Rhei contusi uncias duas.
Aqua; bullientis octantem unum.
Macera per horas viginti quatuor, cola, et adde liquoris parti
uni sacchari partes duas ; dein ut fiat syrupus, coque.
SYRUPUS RHEI AROMATICUS.
B. Rhei contusi drachmas quinque.
Caryophyllorum ;
Cinnamomi, utriusque unciam dimidiam.
Myristicas nucleos duos.
Aquae octantem unum.
Digere et vaporet, donee liquor ad octantem dimidium sit re-
dactus ; cola, et libram sacchari unam, et octantem dimidium al-
coholis diluti adde. Dein coque paulisper, ut fiat syrupus
SYRUPUS RHEI CUM SENNA.
R. Rhei contusi ;
Sennas, utriusque unciam unam cum semisse.
Cardamomi drachmas tres.
Aquae ferventis octantem unum.
Digere per horas viginti quatuor ; turn calore leni, donee ad
octantem dimidium redactus sit liquor, vaporet ; dein cola, et
adde sacchari libram unam ; denique, ut fiat syrupus, coque.
SYRUPS. 211
SYRUP OF RHUBARB.
Take of Rhubarb bruised, two ounces.
Boiling water, one pint.
Macerate for twenty-four hours ; strain, and add two parts of
iugar to one of the liquor ; then boil to form a syrup.
AROMATIC SYRUP OF RHUBARB.
Take of Rhubarb bruised, five drachms.
Cloves ;
Cinnamon, each half an ounce.
Nutmegs, two in number.
Water, one pint.
Digest and evaporate till the liquor is reduced to half a pint ;
strain, and add one pound of sugar, and half a pint of diluted al-
cohol ; then boil a little to form a syrup.
SYRUP OF RHUBARB WITH SENNA.
Take of Rhubarb, bruised ;
Senna, each one ounce and a half.
Cardamom, three drachms.
Boiling water, one pint.
Digest for twenty-four hours, and evaporate with a gentle heat
till the liquor is reduced to half a pint ; then strain and add one
pound of sugar ; lastly boil to form a syrup.
212 SYRUPI.
SYRUPUS SARSAPARILUE.
E. Sarsaparillae concisae libras duas.
Glycyrrhizae concise ;
Rosa? ;
Senna; ;
Anisi singiilorum uncias duai.
Aquae tepidas octantes duodecim
Macera sarsaparillam per boras viginti quatuor in aqua,
dein coque per horae quadrantem ; et valide exprimens cola.
Bulliat denuo sarsaparilla cum aquae decern octantibus, vaporet-
que ad dimidium ; turn cola, et liquores mistos additis ceteris :
coque iterum ad dimidium consnmendum. Cola, et adde
Mellis despumati ;
Sacchari, utri usque libras duas.
Coque in syrupum densiorem.
syrupus sarsaparilla et guaiaci.
R. Sarsaparillae concisae ;
Guaiaci rasi, utriusque libram unam.
Rosae ;
Acaciae gummi ;
Senna-, uniuscujusque unciam unam.
Zingiberis unciam dimidiam.
Aqua? octantes decern.
Coque sarsaparillam et guaiacum in aqua, horain unam ; cola,
et residuo aquae octantes alteros decern, adde ; coque de-
nuo per horas duas, et sub finem bulliendi, rosam, acaciam,
sennam et zingiber adde ; cola, et decoctis adde mellis purifica-
ti, et sacchari, utriusque libras tres ; et, ut fiat syrupus, coque.
SYRUPS. 213
SYRUP OF SARSAPARILLA.
Take of Sarsaparilla sliced, two pounds.
Liquorice sliced ;
Roses ;
Senna ;
Anise, each two ounces.
Warm water, twelve pints.
Infuse the sarsaparilla in the water for twenty- four hours ;
then boil for a quarter of an hour ; and strain by strong com-
pression ; boil the sarsaparilla again in ten pints of water to the
consumption of one half of the liquor; strain, mix the two li-
quors, and add the other ingredients. Boil again to the con-
sumption of one half of the liquor ; strain, and add of
Honey ;
Sugar, each two pounds.
Boil to form a thick syrup.
SYRUP OF SARSAPARILLA AND GUAIACUM.
Take of Sarsaparilla, sliced ;
Guaiacum, rasped, of each one pound.
Roses ;
Acacia gum ;
Senna, each one ounce.
Ginger, half an ounce.
Water, ten pints.
Boil the two first ingredients in the water for one hour, strain,
and to the residuum add ten pints more of water ; boil for
two hours, and, towards the end of the boiling, add the other
ingredients ; strain, and to the decoctions, add of clarified honey
and sugar, each three pounds ; and boil to form a syrup.
214 SYRUP1.
SYRUPUS SCILL^.
K Aceti scilla; octantes duos.
Sacchari coDtriti libras tres com semisse
Solratur leni calore saccharum, ut fiat syrupus
SYRUPUS SENEGjE.
R. Senega; contusa- uncias quatuor.
Aquse octaotem unum.
Sacchari libram unam.
Coque senegam in aqua ad consumendam dimidiam. Laticem
purum transfunde ; saccharum adde ; et, donee fiat syrupus,
coque.
SYRUPUS SIMPLEX.
R. Sacchari triti uncias quindecim.
Aquae octantem dimidium.
Leni calore solvatur saccharum in aqua, et coquatur paululum,
ut, spuma ablata, fiat syrupus.
SYRUPUS TOLUTANI.
R. Syrupi simplicis octantes duos.
Tincturas tolutani fluidunciam unam.
Syrupo recens parato, et ab igne remoto, cum peue refrixerit,
immisce paulatim tincturam, assidue agitans.
SYRUPS, 21s
SYRUP OF SQUILL.
Take of Vinegar of squill, two pints.
Sugar in powder, three pounds and a half.
Dissolve the sugar with a gentle heat so as to form a syrup.
SYRUP OF SENECA SNAKEROOT.
Take of Seneca snakeroot bruised, four ounces.
Water, one pint.
Sugar, one pound.
Boil the snakeroot in the water, to the consumption of the one
half, decant the elear liquid, add the sugar, and boil to form a
syrup.
SIMPLE SYRUP.
Take of Sugar in powder, fifteen ounces.
Water, half a pint.
Let the sugar be dissolved by a gentle heat in the water, and
boiled a little, so as to form a syrup, the scum being removed.
SYRUP OF BALSAM OF TOLU.
Take of Simple syrup, two pints.
Tincture of tolu, one fluidounce.
With the syrup just prepared, and when it has almost grown
cold, after having been removed from the fire, gradually mix
the tincture with constant agitation.
216 TROCHISCI.
SYRUPUS ZINGIBER1S.
R. Zingiberis in pulrerem triti uncias tres.
Aquae bullientis octantes quatuor.
Sacchari libras septem cum semisse.
Macera zingiber in aqua, vase clauso, per horas viginti qua-
tuor ; dein liquori colato adde saccharum contritum, ut fiat sy-
rupus.
TROCHISCI.
TROCHISCI GLYCYRRHIZJE CUM OPIO.
H. Opii drachma? duas.
Tinctures tolutani fluidunciam dimidiam.
9yrupi simplicis fiuiduncias octo.
Glycyrrhizae extracti aqua calida molliti.
Acacias gummi in pulverem triti, utriusque uncias
quinque.
Primum tere opium diligenter cum tinctura ; dein paulatim
admisce syrupum et extractum ; postea paulatim insperge pulve-
rem acacia? gummi, et tandem exsicca, ut fiat massa in trochrs-
cos formanda, singulos grana decern pendentes.
TROCHISCI CALCIS CARBONATIS.
H. Calcis carbonatis praeparati uncias quatuor.
Acacias gummi unciam unam.
Myristicas dracbmam unam.
Sacchari uncias sex.
Hasc in pulverem terantur et cum aqua fiat massa in trochii
cos formanda.
TROCHES. 217
SYRUP OF GINGER.
Take of Ginger in powder, three ounces.
Boiling water, four pints.
Sugar, seven pounds and a half.
Macerate the ginger in the water, in a close vessel, for twen-
ty-four hours ; strain the infusion, add the sugar powdered, and
form a syrup.
TROCHES.
TROCHES OF LIQUORICE AND OPIUM.
Take of Opium, two drachms.
Tincture of tolu, half a flnulounce.
Simple syrup, eight fluidounces.
Extract of liquorice softened in hot water ,
Acacia gum in powder, each five ounces.
First rub the opium thoroughly with the tincture, then by de-
grees add the syrup and extract ; after which, gradually sprin-
kle in the powdered gum, finally dry the mass, and form into
troches, each weighing ten grains.
TROCHES OF CARBONATE OF LIME.
Take of Prepared carbonate of lime, four ounces.
Acacia gum, one ounce.
Nutmeg, one drachm.
Sugar, six ounces.
Rub them into a powder, and form them by means of water,
into a mass fit for making troches.
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218 TINCTURE.
TROCHISCI MAGNESIjE.
R. Magnesise uncias quatuor.
Sacchari uucias duas.
Zingiberis in pulverem triti scrupulum unum.
Simul terantur, et cum syrupo simplici (iat massa in trochiscos
formanda.
TINCTURJE.
Digerantur tincturae in vasis vitreis obturatis, calore circa gra-
dual octoge-imurn, nisi aliter jussum fuerit. Inter parandum,
saepius agitari oportet.
TINCTURA ALOES.
R. Aloes socotrinae in pulverem tritas uncinm dimidiam.
Glycyrrhizae extracti unciam unam cum semisse.
Alcoholis, fluiduncias quatuor.
Aquae octantera unum.
Digere per dies decern, et tincturam defaecatam effunde.
TINCTURA ALOES ET MYRRFLE,
R. Myrrhas in pulverem tritae, uncias duas.
Alcoholis octantem unum cum semissp
Aquas octantem dimidium.
TINCTURES. 219
TROCHES OF MAGNESIA.
Take of Magnesia, four ounces.
Sugar, two ounces.
Ginger in powder, one scruple.
Rub them together, and, with simple syrup form them into
a mass fit for making troches.
TINCTURES.
Tinctures should be digested in stopped glass bottles, and in
a temperature of about 80°, unless otherwise directed. They
should be frequently shaken during the preparation.
TINCTURE OF ALOES.
Take of Socotrine aloes in powder, half an ounce.
Extract of liquorice, one ounce and a half.
Alcohol, four fluidounces.
Water, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and pour off the depurated tincture.
TINCTURE OF ALOES AND MYRRH.
FORMERLY " ELIXIR PR0PRIET4TIS."
Take of Myrrh in powder, two ounces.
Alcohol, one pint and a half.
Water, half a pint.
220 TINCTURE.
Misce alcohol cum aqua ; turn adde myrrham, digere per dies
quinque, et demum adde
Aloes socotriuae in pulverem trita? unciam unam cum
semisse.
Croci UDciam uoam.
Digere rursus per dies quinque, et tincturam defaecatum ef-
funde.
TINCTURA AMMONIATA AROMATICA.
6. Alcoholis ammoniati octaotem dimidium.
Olei rorismarini fluidrachmam unam cum semisse.
Olei sassafras fluidrachmam unam.
Misce ut solvantur olea.
TINCTURA ANGUSTURjE,
B. Angusturas contuses uncias duas.
Alcoholis diluti, octante9 duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA ASSAF(ETID^.
H. Assafoetidas uncias quatuor.
Alcoholis octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et cola.
TINCTURA CAMPHORiE.
R. Alcoholis diluti octanlem unum.
Camphora: unciam unam.
Misce ad camphoram solvendam.
TINCTURES. 221
Mix the alcohol with the water, then add the myrrh ; digest
for five days ; and lastly, add of
Socotrine aloes in powder, an ounce and a half.
Saffron, one ounce.
Digest again for five days, and pour off the tincture from the
sediment.
AMMONIATED AROMATIC TINCTURE.
Take of Ammoniated alcohol, half a pint.
Oil of rosemary, one fluidrachra and a half.
Oil of sassafras, one fluidrachm.
Mix them that the oils may be dissolved.
TINCTURE OF ANGUSTURA.
Take of Angustura in coarse powder, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF ASSAFCETIDA.
Take of Assafoetida, four ounces.
Alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and strain.
TINCTURE OF CAMPHOR.
Take of Alcohol, one pint.
Camphor, one ounce.
Mix, that the camphor may be dissolved.
222 tincture.
TINCTURA CAMPHORS OPIATA.
H. Opii ;
Acidi benzoici ;
Olei anisi ; utriusque drachmam unam.
Glycyrrhizse extracti, unciam dimidiam.
Mellis despumati uncias duas.
Camphorse scrupulos duos.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et cola.
TINCTURA CANTHARIDUM.
R. Cantharidum contusarum drachmas tres.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA CAPSICI.
B. Capsici unciam unam.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA CAPSICI ET CANTHARIDUM.
R. Cantharidum contusarum drachmas decern.
Capsici drachmam unam.
Alcoholis diluti octantem unum.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 223
OPIATED TINCTURE OF CAMPHOR.
FORMERLY PAREGORIC ELIXIR.
Take of Opium ;
Benzoic acid ;
Oil of anise, each one drachm.
Liquorice, half an ounce.
Clarified honey, two ounces.
Camphor, two scruples.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF CANTHARIDES.
Take of Cantharides bruised, three drachms.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and strain.
TINCTURE OF CAYENNE PEPPER.
Take of Cayenne pepper, one ounce.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Dige9t for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF CAYENNE PEPPER AND CANTHA-
RIDES.
Take of Cantharides bruised, ten drachms.
Cayenne pepper, one drachm.
Diluted alcohol, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
224 TINCTURJi.
TINCTURA CARDAMOMI.
R. Cardamomi contusi uncias quatuor.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA CASTORE1.
R. Castorei in pulverem triti uncias duas
Alcoholis octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA CATECHU.
R. Catechu uncias tres.
Cinnamomi contusi uncias duas.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA CINCHONA.
R. Cinchona? in pulverem tritse uncias sex.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 225
TINCTURE OF CARDAMOM.
Take of Cardamom bruised, four ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF CASTOR.
Take of Castor powdered, two ounces.
Alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF CATECHU.
Take of Catechu, three ounces.
Cinnamon bruised, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF PERUVIAN BARK.
Take of Peruvian bark in coarse powder, six ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
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226 TINCTURE.
TINCTURA CINCHONA COMPOSITA.
H. Cinchona; in pulverem tritae uncias duas.
Aurantii corticis exsiccati unciam unam cum semisse
Serpentariae contuses drachmas tres.
Croci ;
Santalini ; utriusqtie dracbmam unam.
Alcoholis diluti octantem unum cum semisse,
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA CINNAMOMI.
R. Cinnamomi contusi uncias tres.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos cum semisse-
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA COLOMBiE.
R. Colombae concisse uncias duas cum semisse,
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA DIGITALIS.
R. Digitalis siccatsg uncias duas.
Alcoholis diluti octantem unum.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 227
COMPOUND TINCTURE OF PERUVIAN BARK.
Take of Peruvian bark powdered, two ounces.
Orange peel dried, one ounce and a half.
Virginia snakeroot bruised, three drachms.
Saffron ;
Red Sanders, each one drachm.
Diluted alcohol, one pint and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF CINNAMON.
Take of Cinnamon bruised, three ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF COLUMBO.
Take of Columbo sliced, two ounces and a half.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF FOXGLOVE.
Take of Foxglove dried, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
228 TINCTURE.
TINCTURA ACETATIS FERRI.
R. Potassae acetatis ;
Ferri sulphatis, utriusque unciam unam.
Alcoholis octantem unum.
Contere potassae acetatem et ferri sulphatem, mortario fictili,
donee in massam coeant ; hanc calore mediocri exsicca. et
siccatam cum alcohole contere. Misturam in vase vitreo,
bene obturato, per boras viginti quatuor digere, subindf agi-
tans. Denique, quum faeces subsederint, liquorem limpidum
effunde.
TINCTURA MURIATIS FERRI.
R. Ferri carbonatis praecipitati libram dituidiam.
Acidi muriatici libras tres.
Alcoholis octantes tres.
infunde ferri carbonati, in vase vitreo, acidnm muriaticum ;
miatur.im subinde per triduum agita ; deinde sepone, ut faeces,
si qua?, subsideant, et liquorem effunde. Ad octantem unum
lente vaporet hie : et frigefacto addetur alcohol.
TINCTURA GENTIANS.
R. Gentians concisae uncias duas.
AuraDtii corticis exsiccati unciam unam.
Cardamomi contusi unciam dimidiam.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 229
TINCTURE OF ACETATE OF IRON.
Take of Acetate of potass ;
Sulphate of iron, each one ounce.
Alcohol, one pint.
Rub the acetate of potass and sulphate of iron in an earthen
mortar until they unite into a soft mass, dry this with a mode-
rate heat, and triturate it when dried, with the alcohol. Digest
the mixture in a well-corked phial for twenty-four hours, shak-
ing it occasionally. Lastly, after the faeces have subsided, pour
off the limpid liquor.
TINCTURE OF MURIATE OF IRON.
Take of Precipitated carbonate of iron, half a pound.
Muriatic acid, three pounds.
Alcohol, three pints.
Pour the muriatic acid on the carbonate of iron in a glass ves-
sel ; and shake the mixture occasionally during threv d;iys.
Then set it by. that the faeces, if any, may subside, and pour off
the liquor ; evaporate this slowly, to one pint, and when cold,
add the alcohol.
TINCTURE OF GENTIAN.
Take of Gentian sliced, two ounces.
Orange peel dried, one ounce.
Cardamom bruised, half an ounce.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
250 TINCTURE.
TINCTURA GUAIACI.
B. Guaiaci resins in pulverem tritae libram unuro
Alcoholis octantes duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA GUAIACI AMMONIATA.
R. Guaiaci resinae in pulverem tritae uncias quatuor.
Alcoholis ammoniati octantem unum cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA HELLEBORI NIGRI.
B. Hellebori nigri concisi uncias quatuor.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA HUMULI.
R. Humuli uncias quatuor.
Alcoholis octantem unum.
Ex humulo pulverem luteolum omnem excute, quem digere
per dies decern, et postea per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 231
TINCTURE OF GUAIACUM.
Take of Resin ofguaiacum in powder, one pound.
Alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
AMMONIATED TINCTURE OF GUAIACUM.
Take of Resin ofguaiacum in powder, four ounces.
Ammoniated alcohol, one pint and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF BLACK HELLEBORE.
Take of Black hellebore sliced, four ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF HOP.
Take of Hops, four ounces.
Alcohol, one pint.
Beat out the yellow powder from the hops, and digest it tea
days in the alcohol ; then filter.
232 TINCTURE.
TINCTURA HYOSCIAMI.
R. Hyosciami siccati et in pulverenj contusi uncias dua?
cum quadraDte.
Alcoholis diluti octantem unum.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola;
TINCTURA JALAPS.
H. Jalapse in pulverem tritae uncias octo.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA KINO.
R. Kino in pulverem trite uncias tres.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA LAVANDULA.
R. Spiritus lavaodute octantes tres.
Spiritus rorismarini octantem unum.
CiDnamomi contusi unr.iam unam.
Caryophylli contusi drachmas duas.
MvristicsB contusae unciam dimidiam.
SaDtalini rasi drachmas tres.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 233
TINCTURE OF HENBANE.
Take of Henbane dried, and coarsely powdered, two ounces
and a quarter.
Diluted alcohol, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF JALAP.
Take of Jalap powdered, eight ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF KINO.
Take of Kino powdered, three ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF LAVENDER.
Take of Spirit of lavender, three pints.
Spirit of rosemary, one pint.
Cinnamon bruised, one ounce.
Cloves bruised, two drachms.
Nutmeg bruised, half an ounce.
Red sanders in shavings, three drachms.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
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234 TINCTURE.
TINCTURA LOBELIA.
I
R. Lobeliae uncias diias.
Alcohoiis diluti octantem nnum.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA MENTFLE PIPERITA.
R. Olei menthse piperita^ fluidrachmas duas.
Alcohoiis octantem unum.
Digere doDec oleum cum alcohole rite permistum sit.
TINCTURA MENTFLE VIRIDIS.
R. Olei menthee viridis lluidrachmas duas.
Alcohoiis octantem unum.
Digere. donee oleum cum alcohole rite permistum sit.
TINCTURA MOSCHI.
R. Moschi drachmas duas.
Alcohoiis octantem unum
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA MYRRFLE.
R. Myrrha? in pcilverem tritae uncias tres.
Alcohoiis fluiduncias viginti.
Aquae fluiduncias decern.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 235
TINCTURE OF INDIAN TOBACCO.
Take of Indian tobacco, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF PEPPERMINT.
Take of Oil of peppermint, two fluidrachms.
Alcohol, one pint.
Digest till the oil is thoroughly blended with the alcohol.
TINCTURE OF SPEARMINT.
Take of Oil of spearmint, two fluidrachms.
Alcohol, one pint.
Digest till the oil is thoroughly blended with the alcohol.
TINCTURE OF MUSK.
Take of Musk, two drachms.
Alcohol, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF MYRRH.
Take of Myrrh in powder, three ounces.
Alcohol, twenty fluidounces.
Water, ten fluidounces.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
236' TINCTURE.
TINCTURA OPII.
R. Opii in pulverero triti uncias duas.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA QUASSIA.
H. Quassia; rasre unciam unam.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA RHEI.
R. Rhei contusi uncias tres.
Cardamomi contusi unciam dimidiam.
Alcoholis diluti octante9 duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA RHEI ET ALOES.
R. Rhei contusi drachmas decern.
Aloes socotrinae tritae drachmas sex.
Cardamomi contusi unciam dimidiam.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 237
TINCTURE OF OPIUM.
CALLED LAUDANUM.
Take of Opium powdered, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF QUASSIA.
Take of Quassia rasped, one ounce.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF RHUBARB.
Take of Rhubarb bruised, three ounces.
Cardamom bruised, half an ounce.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF RHUBARB AND ALOES.
FORMERLY "ELIXIR SACRUM."
Take of Rhubarb bruised, ten drachms.
Socotrine aloes in powder, six drachms.
Cardamom bruised, half an ounce.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
238 TINCTURjE.
TINCTURA RHEI ET GENTIANS.
R. Rhei contusi uncias duas,
Gentians concisa? et contusae unciam dimidiam.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA RHEI DULCIS.
R. Rhei contusi uncias duas.
Glycyrrhizae contusae ;
Anisi contusi, utriusque unciam unam.
Saccbari uncias duas.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA SANGUINARY.
R. Sanguinariae contuse? uncias duas.
Alcoholis diluti octantem unum.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA SAPONIS ET OPII.
R. Saponis concisi uncias quatuor.
Camphorae uncias duas.
Opii in pulverem triti unciam unam.
Olei rorismarini unciarn dimidiam.
Alcoholis octantes duos.
Digere saponem et opium in alcohole per dies tres, turn cola,
et colato camphoram et oleum adjice, et solve.
TINCTURES. 239
TINCTURE OF RHUBARB AND GENTIAN.
Take of Rhubarb in coarse powder, two ounces.
Gentian sliced and bruised, half an ounce.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
SWEET TINCTURE OF RHUBARB.
Take of Rhubarb bruised, two ounces.
Liquorice bruised ;
Anise bruised, each one ounce.
Sugar, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF BLOODROOT.
Take of Bloodroot coarsely powdered, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF SOAP AND OPIUM,
Take of Soap in shavings, four ounces.
Camphor, two ounces.
Opium in powder, one ounce.
Oil of rosemary, half an ounce.
Alcohol, two pints.
Digest the soap and opium in the alcohol three days, then
filter and add the camphor and oil, and dissolve.
240 TINCTUR*.
TINCTURA SENN.E AROMATICA.
R. Sennas drachmas duas.
Coriandri ;
Foeniculi singulorum drachmam unam.
Santali drachmas duas.
Croci ;
Glycyrrhizsfi utriusque drachmam dimidiam.
Uvarum demptis acinis libram dimidiam.
Digere in octantibus duobus Alcoholis dilnti per dies decern ;
dein cola, et octantem alterum alcoholis diluti iisdem adde ; per
dies quinque digere ; cola, et liquores misce.
TINCTURA SENNJ: COMPOSITA.
R. Senna? uncias tres.
Jalapae contusae unciam unam.
Coriandri ;
Cari utriusque contusi unciam dimidiam.
Cardamomi contusi drachmas duas.
Alcoholis diluti octaotes tres cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et colato adjice
Sacchari uncias quatuor.
TINCTURES. 241
AROMATIC TINCTURE OF SENNA.
WARNER'S GOUT CORDIAL.
Take of Senna, two drachms.
Coriander ;
Fennel, each one drachm.
Red sanders, two drachms.
Saffron ;
Liquorice, each half a drachm.
Raisins stoned, half a pound.
Digest in two pints of diluted alcohol for ten days ; then strain,
and add one other pint of diluted alcohol to the same ingre-
dients ; digest for five days ; strain, and mix the liquor of both
digestions.
COMPOUND TINCTURE OF SENNA.
FORMERLY " ELIXIR SALUTIS."
Take of Senna, three ounces.
Jalap bruised, one ounce.
Coriander ;
Caraway, each bruised, half an ounce.
Cardamom bruised, two drachms.
Diluted alcohol, three pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, then filter, and add of
Sugar, four ounces.
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242 TINCTURE.
TINCTURA SERPENTARIiE.
R. Serpentariae contusae uncias duas.
Santali drachmam unam.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA STRAMONII.
R. Stramonii semiDum contusorum uncias duas.
Alcoholis diluti octantem unum.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA ACIDI SULPHURICI.
R. Acidi sulphurici fluiduncias tres.
Alcoholis octautes duos.
Instilla acidum alcoholi paulatim. Misturam digere calore le-
nissimo, in vase clauso, per triduum; dein adde
Zingiberis contusi unciam unam.
Cionamomi contusi unciam unam cum semisse.
Digere rursus in vase clause per septem dies ; dein per char-
tam, infundibulo vitreo impositam, cola.
TINCTURES. 243
TINCTURE OF VIRGINIA SNAKEROOT.
Take of Virginia soakeroot bruised, two ounces.
Red sanders, one drachm.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF THORNAPPLE.
Take of Thorn apple seeds bruised, two ounces.
Diluted alcohol, one pint.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF SULPHURIC ACID.
FORMERLY ELIXIR OF VITRIOL.
Take of Sulphuric acid, three fluidounces.
Alcohol, two pints.
Drop the acid gradually into the alcohol. Digest the mixture
with a very gentle heat in a close vessel for three days, and
then add of
Ginger bruised, one ounce.
Cinnamon bruised, one ounce and a half.
Digest again in a close vessel for seven days, and filter through
paper placed in a glass funnel.
244 TINCTURE.
TINCTURA TOLUTANI.
R. Tolulani unciam imam cum semisse.
Alcobolis octantem unum.
Digere donee solratur tolutanum, et per chartam cola
TINCTURA VALERIANAE.
H. Valerianae uncias quatuor.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA VALERIANAE AMMONIATA.
H. Valeriana? uncias quatuor.
Alcoholis ammoniati octantes duos.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURA VERATRI VIRIDIS.
H. Veratri viridis contusi uncias octo.
Alcoholis diluti octantes duos cum semisse.
Digere per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
TINCTURES. 243
TINCTURE OF TOLU.
Take of Tolu, one ounce and a half.
Alcohol, one pint.
Digest till the tolu is dissolved, then filter.
TINCTURE OF VALERIAN.
Take of Valerian, four ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
AMMONIATED TINCTURE OF VALERIAN.
Take of Valerian, four ounces.
Ammoniated alcohol, two pints.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
TINCTURE OF GREEN HELLEBORE.
Take of Green hellebore bruised, eight ounces.
Diluted alcohol, two pints and a half.
Digest for ten days, and filter.
?46 UNGUENTA.
UJVGUENTA.
Unguenta parantur ex adipe vel oleo cum sevo vel cera, vel
spermate ceti adraixto. Crassitudinem butyri habere oportet,
ut pulveres et medicamenta ponderosiora commixta pod subsi-
deant. Quoniam cuti illinenda sunt, mollia vel lluida in tempe-
rie corporis humani esse debent. Formulae sequentes calori
sexagesimum graduin non superanti adaptantur. Locis calidio-
ribus cum cera? vel sevi quantitate majore unguenta conficienda
sint.
UNGUENTUM ACIDI NITROSI.
R. Adipis libram unam.
Acidi nitrosi fluidrachmas sex.
Acidum paulatim misce cum adipe liquefacto, et mixturam fri-
jescentem diligenter subige.
UNGUENTUM AQUjE ROSiE.
R. Amygdalae olei fluiduncias duas.
Spermatis ceti unciam dimidiam.
Cera? alba? drachmam unam.
Liquefac simul balneo aquoso, assidue movene, dein liquefac-
tis adjice
Aqua? rosae fluiduncias duas ;
Et assidue move donee refrixerint.
OINTMENTS. 247
OINTMENTS.
Ointments are prepared from lard or oil rendered of the con-
sistence of butter by the addition of suet, wax, or spermaceti, so
as to suspend the dry powders and more ponderous articles,
with which they are frequently incorporated As they are to
be applied to the skin, they should be soft or fluid at the tempe-
rature of the body. The following formula are calculated for
a temperature not exceeding 60° Fahr. In a higher tempe-
rature more suet or wax may be added.
OINTMENT OF NITROUS ACID.
Take of Lard, one pound.
Nitrous acid, six fluidrachms.
Mix the acid gradually with the melted lard, and diligently
beat the mixture as it cools.
OINTMENT OF ROSEWATER.
Take of Oil of almonds, two fluidounces.
Spermaceti, half an ounce.
White wax, one drachm.
Melt the whole in a water bath, stirring it frequently ; when
melted, add of
Rose water, two fluidounces ;
And stir the mixture continually till it is cold.
248 UNGUENTA.
UNGUENTUM CANTHARIDUM.
B. Cantharidum in pulverem tritarum uncias duas.
Aquae distillatae fluiduncias octo.
Cerati resinosi uncias octo.
Aquatn cum cantharidibus decoque ad dimidiatn et cola ; li-
quori colato commisce ceratum, dein vaporet ad idoneam crassi-
tudinem-
UNGUENTUM CUPRI SUBACETATIS.
H. Unguenti simplicis partes quindecim.
Cupri subacetatis preeparati in pulverem triti partem
unam.
Unguento liquefacto adjice cuprum, et assidue move doner,
refrixerint.
UNGUENTUM GALLARUM.
R. Gallarum in pulverem tritarum drachmam unam
Adipis drachmas septem.
Adipi igne lento emollito pulverem adjice, et misce.
UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI.
R. Hydrargyri purificati ;
Adipis, utriusque pondere partes tres.
Sevi partem unam.
Tere hydrargyrum diligenter in mortario cum pauxillo adi-
pis donee evanescant globuli* dein adde reliquum adipis et
sevi, bene interim omnia conterens.
* Globuli citius evanescent >i hydrargyria cum pauxillo uuguenti jam antea parati
seu adipis rancidi, ecu terebinthinse teretur.
OINTMENTS. 249
OINTMENT OF CANTHARIDES.
Take of Cantharides in powder, two ounces.
Distilled water,, eight fluidounces.
Resin cerate, eight ounces.
Boil the water with the cantharides to half its quantity, and
strain. Mix the cerate into the strained liquor, and evaporate
to a proper consistence.
OINTMENT OF THE SUBACETATE OF COPPER.
Take of Simple ointment, fifteen parts.*
Prepared subacetate of copper in powder, one part.
Melt the ointment, then add the copper, and mix them to-
gether.
OINTMENT OF GALLS.
Take of Galls in powder, one drachm.
Lard, seven drachms.
Mix the powdered galls with the lard previously melted.
MERCURIAL OINTMENT.
Take of Purified mercury ;
Lard, each three parts by weight.
Suet, one part.
Rub the quicksilver carefully in a mortar witji a small portion
of the lard,* until the globules disappear ; then add the remain-
der of the lard and the suet, rubbing them well together.
* Employing a small portion of old ointment, of rancid lard, or of turpentine.
jreatly expedites the process.
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230 UNGUENTA.
UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI NITRATIS FORTIUS.
R. Hydrargyri purificati partem unam
Acidi nitrici partes duns.
Olei olivae partes uovem.
Adipis partes tres.
Solve hydrargyrum in acido, dein liquorem cum adipe et oleo
prius simul liquefactis et denuo frigescentibus strenue subige in
mortario vitreo, ut fiat unguentum.
UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI NITRATIS MITIUS.
Paratur eodem modo ex adipe et oleo triplici.
UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI NITRICO-OXIDI.
R. Hydrargyri nitrico-oxidi partem unam.
Adipis partes octo.
Adipi liquefacto adjice oxidum et move donee refrixerint
UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI OXIDI CINEREI
R. Hydrargyri oxidi cinerei partem unam
Adipis partes tres.
Adipi liquefacto adjice oxidum et misce.
OINTMENTS. 251
OINTMENT OF NITRATE OF MERCURY.
Take of Purified mercury, by weight one part.
Nitric acid, two parts.
Olive oil, nine parts.
Lard, three parts.
Dissolve the mercury in the acid, then mix the liquor with
the oil and lard previously melted together, and just beginning
to grow stiff. Stir them briskly together in a glass mortar, so as
to form an ointment.
MILDER OINTMENT OF NITRATE OF MERCURY.
This is prepared in the same way, with three times the quan-
tity of lard and oil.
OINTMENT OF THE NITRIC OXIDE OF MER-
CURY.
Take of Nitric oxide of mercury, one part.
Lard, eight parts.
To the melted lard add the oxide, and mix them together until
cool.
OINTMENT OF GREY OXIDE OF MERCURY.
Take of Grey oxide of mercury, one part.
Lard, three parts.
Mix the oxide with the lard, previously melted.
252 UNGUENT A.
UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI SUBMURIATIS AM-
MONIATI.
R. Hydrargyri submuriatis ainruumati dracbmam un.nn
Adipis unciatn imam cum semisse.
Adipi lento igne liquefacto adjice submuriatem hydrargyri
ammoniatum et misce.
UNGUENTUM PICIS LIQUIDS.
R. Picis liquids partes quinque.
Ceras flavse partes duas.
Liquefac simul et per linteum exprime.
UNGUENTUM PLUMBI SUBCARBONATIS.
H. Unguenti simplicis libram imam.
Plumbi subcarbonatis anciaa duas.
Unguento leDto igne emollito adjice plumbum et misce donee
refrixerint.
UNGUENTUM SIMPLEX.
R. Ceras albae partes duas.
Olivae olei partes quinque.
Liquefac simul lento igne, et assidue move donee refrixerint.
OINTMENTS. 253
OINTMENT OF AMMONIATED SUBMURIATE OF
MERCURY.
Take of Ammoniated submuriate of mercury, one drachm.
Lard, one ounce and a half.
To the melted lard add the ammoniated submuriate of mer-
cury, and mix.
TAR OINTMENT.
Take of Tar, five parts.
Yellow wax, two parts.
Mix them together, and strain through linen.
OINTMENT OF SUBCARBONATE OF LEAD.
Take of Simple ointment, one pound.
Subcarbonate of lead, two ounces.
To the ointment previously softened add the lead, and stir
them until cool.
SIMPLE OINTMENT.
Take of White wax, two parts.
Olive oil, five parts.
Melt them together and keep stirring until cool.
264 UNGUENTA
UNGUENTUM STRAMONII.
R. Stramonii foliorum recentiutn concisorum Iibras
quinque.
Adipis Iibras quatuordecitn.
Coque lento igne donee folia friabilia fiant, turn per linteum
adipem exprime, et singulis hujus libris ; adjice,
Cera flavae uncias duas.
Cera liquefacta, sinito gradatim concrescere ut faeces subsi-
deant, quas ab unguento remove.
UNGUENTUM SULPHURIS.
H. Adipis partes quatuor.
Sulphuris partem unam.
Adipi liquefacto adjice sulphurem et misce.
UNGUENTUM SULPHURIS COMPOSITUM.
R Sulphuris unciam unam.
Submuriatis hydrargyri ammoniati.
Acidi benzoici, utriusque drachmam unam.
Limonis olei fluidrachmam unam.
Acidi sulphurici minima sexaginta.
Potassae nitratis drachmas duas.
Adipis libram dimidiam.
Adipi liquefacto adjice effitera, et misce donee refrixennt.
OINTMENTS. 255
OINTMENT OF THORN APPLE.
Take of Thomapple leaves, fresh gathered and sliced, five
pounds.
Lard, fourteen pounds.
Let them simmer together over a gentle fire till the leaves
become crisp and dry, then presa out the lard through a linen
cloth, and add to every pound of the compound, of
Yellow wax, two ounces.
When the wax is melted, let the whole be allowed to cool
gradually, that the impurities may subside, which must be sepa-
rated from the ointment.
SULPHUR OINTMENT.
Take of Hogs lard, four parts.
Sulphur, one part.
Mix the sulphur with the melted lard.
COMPOUND SULPHUR OINTMENT.
Take of Sulphur, one ounce.
Ammoniated submuriate of mercury ;
Benzoic acid, each one drachm.
Oil of lemons, one fluidrachm.
Sulphuric acid, sixty minims.
Nitrate of potass, two drachms.
Lard, half a pound.
Melt the lard, then add the other articles, continually stirring
until the whole is cold.
256 VINA MEDICATA.
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UNGUENTUM VERATRI VIRIDIS.
R. Veratri viridis iu pulverem triti uncias duos.
Adipis uncias octo.
Limonis olei minima viginti.
Adipi liquefacto adjice pulverem et oleum, et misce, assidue
movens donee refrixerint.
Eodem modo paratur unguentum veratri albi.
UNGUENTUM ZINCI OXIDI IMPURI.
R. Adipis partes quinque.
Zinci oxidi impuri prseparati partem unam.
Adipi liquefacto adjice oxidum et assidue move donee re-
frixerint.
VINA MEDICATA.
VINUM ALOES.
R. Aloes socotrinae in pulverem tritae unciam unam.
Cardamomi contusi ;
Zingiberis contusi, utriusque drachmam unam.
Vini octantes duos.
Macera per dies decern, subinde agitans, et cola.
MEDICATED WINES. 257
OINTMENT OF AMERICAN HELLEBORE.
Take of American hellebore in powder, two ounces.
Lard, eight ounces.
Oil of lemons, twenty minims.
To the lard previously melted add the oil and powder, con-
tinually stirring until cool.
In the same manner the ointment may be prepared of the
white hellebore.
OINTMENT OF IMPURE OXIDE OF ZINC.
Take of Lard, five parts.
Prepared impure oxide of zinc, one part.
To the melted lard add the zinc, and mix them together until
cool.
MEDICATED JFIJVES.
WINE OF ALOES.
Take of Socotrine aloes, in powder, one ounce.
Cardamom, bruised ;
Ginger, each one drachm.
Wine, two pints.
Macerate for ten days, stirring occasionally, and afterwards
strain.
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2bH UNA MEDICATA.
VINUM ANT1M0NII TARTAR1ZATI.
R. Antimonii tartarizati scrupulos duos.
Aqua? distillate bullieutis iluiduncias quatuor.
Viiii fluiduncius sex.
Antimonium tartarizatum in aqua distillata bulliente liqua ,
• ii in vinum adjice.
V1NUM COLCHICI.
H. Colchici recentis partem unam.
Vini partes duas.
Macera per dies decern, et cola.
VINUM FERRI.
H. Ferri ductilis consecti uncias quatuor.
Vini octantes quatuor.
Ferrum vini octantibus duobus sparsum, donee rubigine coo-
pertum fuerit, aeri expone ; dein reliquum vini adde. Macera
per dies decern, subinde agitans, et cola.
VINUM GENTIANS COMPOSITUM.
R. Gentianse unciam dimidiam.
Cinchona; unciam unam.
Aurantii corticis drachmas duas.
Canellae drachmam unaro.
Alcoholis diluti fluiduncius quatuor.
Vini octantes duos cum semisse.
Radici atque corticibus concisis et contusis affunde primum
alcohol dilutum, et post horas viginti quatuor adde vinum ; turn
macera per dies decern, et cola.
MEDICATED WINES. 259
WINE OF TARTARIZED ANTIMONY.
Take of Tartarized antimony, two scruples.
Boiling distilled water, four fluidounces.
Wine, six fluidounces.
Dissolve the tartarized antimony in the boiling distilled wa-
ter ; then add the wine.
WINE OF MEADOW SAFFRON,
Take of Fresh meadow saffron, one part.
Wine, two parts.
Macerate for ten days, and strain.
WINE OF IRON.
Take of Iron Wire cut in pieces, four ounces.
Wine, four pints.
Sprinkle the wire with two pints of the wine, and expose it to
the air until it be covered with rust ; then add the rest of the
wine ; macerate for ten days, with occasional agitation, and
filter.
COMPOUND WINE OF GENTIAN.
Take of Gentian, half an ounce.
Peruvian bark, one ounce.
Orange peel, two drachms.
Canella, one drachm.
Diluted alcohol, four fluidounces.
Wine, two pints and a half.
First pour the diluted alcohol on the root and barks, sliced
and bruised, and, after twenty-four hours, add the wine ; then
macerate for ten days, and strain.
260 VINA MEDICATA.
VINUM IPECACUANHA.
R. Ipecacuanhas contusae uncias duas.
Vini octantes duos.
Macera per dies decern, et per chartam cola
VINUM OPII.
R. Opii uncias duas.
Cinnnmomi contusi ;
Caryophylli contusi, utriusque dracbmam unam.
Vini octantem unum.
Macera per dies decern, et cola.
VINUM RHEI.
R. Rhei concisi uncias duas.
Canellae contusae drachmam unam.
Alcoholis diluti fluiduncias duas.
Vini octantem unum.
Macera per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
VINUM TABACI.
R. Tabaci unciam unam.
Vini octantem unum.
Macera per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
VINUM VERATRI ALBI.
R. Veratri albi uncias quatuor.
Vini octantem unum.
Macera per dies decern, et per chartam cola.
MEDICATED WINES. 261
WINE OF IPECACUANHA.
Take of Ipecacuanha bruised, two ounces.
Wine, two pints.
Macerate for ten days, and strain.
WINE OF OPIUM.
CALLED SYDENHAM'S LAUDANUM.
Take of Opium, two ounces.
Cinnamon, bruised ;
Cloves bruised, each one drachm.
Wine, one pint.
Macerate for ten days, and strain.
WINE OF RHUBARB.
Take of Rhubarb sliced, two ounces.
Canella bruised, one drachm.
Diluted alcohol, two fluidounces.
Wine, one pint.
Macerate for ten days, and filter through paper.
WINE OF TOBACCO.
Take of Tobacco, one ounce.
Wine, one pint.
Macerate for ten days, and filter.
WINE OF WHITE HELLEBORE.
Take of White hellebore, four ounces.
Wiue, one pint.
Macerate for ten days, and filter.
262 ZINCUM.
ZIJVCUM.
ZINCI ACETAS.
H. Zinci sulphatis drachmam unam, in aqum distillates
fluidunciis decern solu'.i.
l'lumbi aretatis scrupulos quatuor, in aquae distillate
fluidunciis decern soluti.
Misce liquores ut plumbi sulphas prsecipitetur. Transfunde
liquidum limpidum supernatans et vaporando crystallos elice.
Z1NC1 CARBONAS IMPURUS PRjEPARATUS.
R. Zinci carbonatis impuri quantumvis.
Ure ; turn contere. Deinde fiat pulvis subtilissimus. eodem
modo, quo calcis carbonatem preeparari praecipimus
ZINCI OXIDUM.
Crucibulum amplum in furno prunis instructo ita collocetur
ut hujus ostium versus paulo inclinet, et, cum illius fundus me-
diocriter canduerit, injiciatur zinci frustulum cujus pondus sit
circiter unius drachmae. Zincum brevi accendetur, et simul in
floccos albos convertetur, qui subinde a metalli superficie spa-
thula ferrea retrahendi sunt, ut combustio ejus perfectius ab-
solvatur ; et tandem, cessante flamma, oxidum zinci e crucibulo
auferendum est. Alio zinci frustulo tunc projecto, operatio
iteretur, et, quoties opus fuerit, repetatur. Deinde oxidum
zinci praeparetur ut carbonas calcis.
ZINC. 263
ZIJVC.
ACETATE OF ZINC.
Take of Sulphate of zinc, one drachm, dissolved in ten fluid-
ounces of distilled water.
Acetate of lead, four scruples, dissolved in ten fluid-
ounces of distilled water.
Mix the solutions and a sulphate of lead will be precipitat-
ed. Decant the clear supernatant liquid, evaporate and crys-
tallize.
PREPARED IMPURE CARBONATE OF ZINC.
CALLED PREPARED CALAMINE.
Take of Impure carbonate of zinc, any quantity.
Burn and break it small ; then let it be brought into the state
of a very fine powder, in the same manner that carbonate oi
lime is prepared.
OXIDE OF ZINC.
FORMERLY FLOWERS OF ZINC.
Let a large crucible be placed in a furnace filled with live
coals, so as to be somewhat inclined towards its mouth ; and
when the bottom of the crucible is moderately red, throw into
it a small piece of zinc, about the weight of a drachm. The
zinc soon inflames, and is, at the same time, converted into
white flakes, which are to be from time to time removed from
the surface of the metal with an iron spatula, that the combus-
tion may be more complete ; and at last, when the zinc ceases
to flame, the oxide of zinc is to be taken out of the crucible.
Having then put in another piece of zinc, the opeia.ion is to be
repeated, and may be repeated as often as is necessary. Last-
ly the oxide of zinc is to be prepared in the same way as the
carbonate ot lime.
LATIN INDEX.
OF NAMES AND SYNONYMS.
Acetum distillatum
opu
purifieatum
scillas
Acidum benzoicum
carbonicum
citricura .
prussicum
— sulpburicum dilutum
Page
G2
60
G2
60
62
64
ib.
66
64
66
72
70
70
72
74
134
74
76
78
ib.
ib.
80
Ceratum cantharidum
juniperi virginiani
.Ether sulphuricus
Alcohol amnioniatum
dilutum
Aluinen exsiccatum .
Vmiiionia' acetas liquidus
carbonas
et ferri rnurias
bydrosulphuretum
Antiraonii murias .
oxidum
oxidum vitrificatura
oxidum vitrificatum
cum cera
sulphuretum prascipita
turn
suphuretum praspara-
tum . . ib.
Antimoiiiiim tartarizatum ib.
Aqua acidi carbonici . . 82
ammonia: . . 72
ammonia; carbonatis . 74
aurantii corticis . 84
calcis ... 92
cinnamomi . . 84
distillata . . ib.
magnesias . . 82
menthas piperita; . ib.
menthae viridis . 84
potassas . . 82 & 83
rosarum . . 84
soda? . . 82
Argenti nitras
Arsenicum
Auri murias
Barytas murias
Basilicon, (vide ceratum resinosum)
Bismuthi subnitras . . 90
Calcis carbonas praeparatus 92
Cantharidum ceratum . 94
Ceratum arsenici . • ib.
34
86
ib.
88
ib.
Page
94
ib.
plumbi subacetatis liquidi 96
plumbi subcarbonalis com-
positum . 96
resinosum . . ib.
resinosum cotupositum 98
sabinse . . ib.
simplex . . 100
saponis . . 98
zinci carbonatis impuri 100
Collyrium plumbi acetatis ib.
plumbi acetatis et opii ib.
zinci acetatis . 102
zinci sulphatis . ib.
Confectio aromatica . ib.
aurantii corticis 104
cassias . . ib.
scammonias . ib.
sennas . . 106
Conserva, (vide confectio)
Creta, (vide calcis carbonas)
Cupri ammoniaretum . ib.
ammoniareti liquor 108
i subacetas prasparalum ib.
sulphatis liquor . . ib.
Decoctum araliae nudicaulis 110
cinchonas . . ib.
colombae compositura ib.
dulcamaras . ib.
— — — ~ guaiaci . . 112
hordei . . ib.
hordei coxnpositum ib.
lichenis . . 114
mezerei . ib.
sarsaparillas . ib.
sarsaparillas composi-
tum . ib.
scillas . . 116
senegas . . ib.
veratri . . ib.
Diachylon, (vide emplastrum plumbi)
Electuarium, (vide confectio)
Klixir proprietatis . 219
paregoricum . . 223
sacrum . . 237
salutis . . . 241
vitrioli . . 243
Emplastrum amraooiari 113
26G
LATIN INDEX.
Emplastrum assafostidas
ferri
hydrargyri
meloes vesicatorii
( v ide ceratum can-
tharidura)
■ plumbi
Pare
118
ib.
120
120
plumbi suboarbonatis
compositum 122
resinosum . ib.
resin, cantharidum ib.
Emulsio, (vide mistura)
Extractum aconili
anthemidis
belladonnas
. cinchona'
colocyntliidis comp.
conii
gentianas .
hasmatoxyli .
■ heilebori nigri
hyoscyami
jalapas
juglandis
podophylli
quassia?
- sambuci . .
straiiirinii
Ferri acetas .
carbonas praecipitatus
carbonas prasparatus
liinatura purificata
oxidmn rubrum
phosphas
tartras
Klores benzoini, (vide acid. beDz.)
Hepar sulpburis, (vide sulpbure-
tum potassa?)
Hiera-picra, (vide pulvis aloes
cum canella)
Hydrargyri nitrico-oxidum
oxiduin cinereum
oxymurias
submurias
submu. ammoniatus
subsulpbas flavus
sulphuretum nigrum
sulphuretum rubrum 144
Hydrargyrum purificatum 140
124
126
124
128
ib.
124
126
ib.
ib.
ib.
130
128
130
128
130
126
132
ib.
ib.
134
ib.
ib.
136
138
ib.
ib.
140
142
ib.
ib.
Infusum angusturas
anthemidis
armoracias
cascarillas
cinchona;
ib.
ib.
146
ib.
ib.
■ cinchonas com aqua calcis ib.
Infusum rim limine cum magnesia
cinchona? cum succo li-
montim .
colombx . .
digitalis . .
eupatorii .
gentians: compositum
lini
quassias
quass cum sulph. zinci
rosae compositum
senna? compositum
senna; et tamarindi
serpentarias
spigelian . .
tabaci . .
ulmi .
Valerianae
Laudanum
Liniraentum ammonias
ammonias et antimo-
nii tartarizati .
Fig?
148
ib.
ib.
ib.
150
ib.
ib.
ib.
152
ib.
ib.
ib.
154
ib.
ib.
ib.
156
237
156
156
158
ib.
ib.
— aquas calcis .
— camphoratum
— cantharidum
-saponis camphoratum ib.
160
ib.
ib.
90
92
108
136
140
86
192
saponis et opii
tabaci
terebintbinas comp,
Liquor barytas . .
calcis muriatis
cupri sulphatis
ferri alkalini .
hydrargyri oxymuriatis
potassae arseniatis
potassas subcarbonatis
Lytta, (vide cantharides)
Magnesia . . .160
Mel despumatum . . 162
scillae acetatum . . ib.
scillss compositum . ib.
Meloe vesicat. (vide cantharides)
Mistura ammoniaci . 164
amygdalas . . jft.
ammoniaci et antimonii ib.
. calcis carbonatis . ib.
camphoras . .166
ferri composita . ib.
magnesia: . . ib.
moschi . . 168
zinci sulphatis . ib.
Marias hydrargyri, (vide hydrar-
gyri oxymurias)
Oleum anisi . . , 168
— — — asthereum . . 68
LATIN INDEX.
267
Oleum cheuopodii
— — cunilae
foeniculi
gaultheriae .
juniperi
lavaudula: .
menthae piperita'
mentbae viridis
monardae
origani
■ pimeuta'
rorismarini
sassafras
succini
' succini oxidatum
Oxymel scillae, (vide mel scillae)
Pilulae aloeticae
aloes et colocynthidis
aloes et myrrhae
aloes cum myrrba et gua-
iaco
antimoniales compos it a;
arsenic i
assafoetidae
- ' assafcetidas compositae
auri muriatis
cochiae
colocynthidis ex. compos.
I'erri sulpbatis
ferri sulpbatis compositae
gambogiae et scammoniae
hydrargyri .
hydr. oxymuriatis
hydr. submuriatis
jalapae compositae
myrrha; et ferri
opii
picis
rhei compositae
scillas
Sodae subcarbonatis
Flumbi acetas . .
subacetas liquidus
Pondera et mensurae
Potassa
cum calce
Potassa; acetas
carbonas .
subcarbonas .
sulphas
' supercarbonas
tartras
Pulvis aloes cum canella
• : aromaticus .
■ calcis carbonatis compos.
Page
168
170
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
172
ib.
ib.
174
ib.
ib.
176
ib.
ib.
ib.
178
ib.
174
ib.
ib.
180
ib.
ib.
ib.
182
ib.
ib.
ib.
184
ib.
ib.
ib.
186
ib.
58
186
190
188
190
192
ib.
194
ib.
196
ib.
196
Pag*
Pulvis doveri . 198
ipecac, et cupri sulphatis 196
ipecac, et opii . 19B
jalapae coinpositus . ib.
scammonii compositus ib.
stanni . . . 204
stanni amalgamates 204
antimouialis . . 76
Saccbarum saturni, (vide plumbi
acetas)
Spiritus aetheris nitriosi . 70
aetheris sulphurici . 68
aetheris sulphurici comp. ib.
juniperi compositus 202
— — — mindereri, (vide ammonias
acetas liquidas)
lavandulae . . ib.
rorismariui . . ib.
Spongia usta . . 204
S odae carbonas . .198
murias exsiccatus . 200
phosphas . . ib.
subcarbonas exsiccatus 202
Succus inspissatus, (vide extracttim)
Sulphuretum potassa; .
sodas .
Syrupus aceti
allii
— aurantii corticis
colcbici
— i rhamni
rhei
rhei aromaticus
— -- rbei cum senna
■ sarsaparillaB
sarsaparilla? et guaiaci
— — scillae .
senegae
simplex .
tolutani
zingiberis
Tartras potassa? et sodae .
antimonii, (vide anti. tar.)
Tinctura acetatis ferri
acidi sulphurici .
i aloes
aloes et myrrhae .
ammoniata aromatica
angusturae
assafoetidae .
camphorae
camphorae opiata
cantharidum
capsici
capsici et cantharidum
206
ib.
ib.
ib.
208
ib.
ib.
210
ib.
ib.
ib.
212
214
ib.
ib.
ib.
216
194
228
242
218
ib.
220
ib.
ib.
ib.
222
ib.
ib.
ib.
268
LATIN INDEX.
Tinctura cardamomi .
castorei
catecbu .
cinchona?
cinchona- composita
■ cinnamomi .
eolomba; . .
digitalis
gentians
guaiaci
guaiaci ammoniata
bellebori nigri
huinuli .
hyosciami
jalapae
kino
lavandulae
lobelia:
menthae piperita;
menthae viridis
moschi .
inn ri.it is ferri
myrrhx . ' .
opii .
— quassia: .
rhei .
rhei et aloes
rhei et gentians
rhei dulcis
sanguinaria:
— saponis et opii .
senna; aromatira
— sennas composita
— serpentariac
— strammonii .
— tolutani
— Valeriana;
— Valeriana; ammoniata
— veratri viridis
P«ge
224
ib.
ib.
ib.
226
ib.
ib.
ib
228
230
ib.
ib.
ib.
232
ib.
ib.
ib.
234
ib.
ib.
ib.
228
234
236
ib.
ib.
ib.
238
ib.
ib.
ib.
240
ib.
242
ib.
244
ib.
ib.
244
Trochisci calcis caibouatis
glycyrrhizx cum opio
magnesia:
Unguentura acidi nitrosi
aqua; rosx
P»t«
216
ib.
218
246
ib.
248
cantharidum
citrinura, (vide ung.
nit. bydrargyri)
cupri subacetatis ib.
gallarum . ib.
bydrargyri ib.
bydrargyri nit. for. 2/50
bydrargyri nit. mit. ib.
bydrargyri nit.-oxidi ib.
hydrargyri ox. cine, ib.
bydrargyri sub. am. 252
picis liquids ib.
plumbi subcai bonatis ib.
resinosum, (vide
ceratum)
simplex . ib.
stramonii . 254
sulphur is . ib.
sulph. compositum ib.
veratri viridis 256
zinci oxidi impuri ib.
Vinum aloes . . ib.
antimonii tartarizati 258
colchici . . ib.
ferri . . ib.
gentianx compositum ib.
— I ipecacuanha; . 260
opii . . . ib.
rhei . • ib.
tabaci . . ib.
veratri albi . ib.
Zinci acetas . • 262
carbonas impurus prxpar. ib.
oxidum . • ib.
ENGLISH INDEX.
Acetated houey of squill
Acetate of potass
of iron
of lead
of z I oc
Adhesive plaster
Almond mixture -
Alo'jtic pills -
Aromoniacum mixture
plaster -
Ammoniated alcohol
aromatic tincture
submuriate of mere. 143
Page j
163 I
189
133
187
263
123
165
175
165
119
73
221
tinct. of guaiacuin
tinct. of valerian
Ammomaret of copper
Antimonial powder
Aromatic confection
powder
tincture of senna
syrup of rhubarb
Arsenical solution
Assafcetida pills
■plaster
231
245
107
77
103
197
241
211
87
177
119
63
143
61
Page
Chalk mixture,(see mixture of car-
bonate of lime)
Cinnamon water - 85
Cinnabar - 145
Citric acid - 65
Citron oint. (see ointment of ni-
trate of mercury)
Clarified honey - 163
Collyrium of acetate of lead 101
of acetate of zinc 103
of opium and r.c. of lead 101
of sulphate of zinc 103
Compound antimonial pills 177
assafcetida pills 179
powder of carb. of lime 197
decoctiou of barley 113
decoction of columbo- 111
decoction of sarsaparil. 115
extract of colocynth 192
infusion of gentian 151
of roses 153
of senna ib.
Benzoic acid
Black sulphuret of mercury
drop
Blistering cerate, (see cerate of
cantharides.)
liniment, (see lin. of can.)
tincture, (see tinct. of
cayenne pepper and canth.)
Blue pills - - 181
Burnt sponge - 205
Calomel - - I 41
Camphor mixture - 167
Camphorated liniment - 159
soap liniment ib.
Carbonate of ammonia - 75
of potass - 191
of soda - '- 199
Carbonic acid - 65
acid water 83
Cerate of arsenic - 95
of cantharides - ib.
of impure carb. of zinc 101
of red cedar - 95
with subaeetate of lead 97
of subcarbonate of lead 97
liniment of turpentine 161
mixture of iron 167
plaster of sub. of lead 123
pills of jalap - 183
of rhubarb 185
of sulphate of iron 179
powder of jalap 199
of scammouy ib.
resin cerate - 99
spirit of juniper 203
of sulphuric ether 69
sulphur ointment 255
tincture of peruv. bark 227
of senua 241
wine of gentian 259
Confection of cassia - 105
of orange peel ib.
of roses - ib.
of scammony ib.
of senna - 107
Conserve of roses - 105
Crocus of antimony 79
Corrosive sublimate - 139
Decoction of barley - 113
of bitter sweet 111
of false sarsaparilla ib.
ofguaiacum • 113
270
ENGLISH INDEX.,
Decoction of Iceland moss
of mezereon
of Peruvian bark
of sarsaparilla
ofseueca snakeroot
of squill
of wbite hellebore
Diuretic salt
Diluted alcohol
sulphuric acid
Distilled water
vinegar
Dovers powder
Dried alum
muriate of soda
subcarbonate of soda
Electuaries, (see confections)
Elixir of vitriol
Emulsions, (see mixtures)
Ethereal oil
Ethiop's mineral
Extrac! of aconite
of black hellebore
of butternut
of chamomile -
of deadly nightshade
of elder
of gentian
of hemlock
of henbane
of jalap , -
of logwood
of may apple -
of periivian bark
— of thornapple -
- of quassia -
Flowers of zinc
Glass of antimony -
Goulard's cerate
extract -
Grey oxide of mercury •
Hoffman's anodyne liquor
Hydrosulphuret of ammonia
James' powder
Infusion of angustura
of chamomile
of Carolina pink
of cascarilla
ofcolumbo
of flaxseed
, of foxglove
of horseradish
of peruvian bark
of p. baik with lemon juicel49
of p. bark with lime water 147
r
Page
115
ib.
111
115
117
ib.
ib.
189
71
65
85
63
139
71
201
203
243
G9
143
125
127
129
127
125
131
127
125
127
131
127
131
129
127
129
263
78
97
187
139
69
75
77
145
ib.
155
147
149
151
149
147
ib.
Page
Infusion of p. bark with magnesia 149
of quassia - 151
of quas. with sulph. of zinc 153
ib.
155
151
155
157
155
of senna and tamarind
of slippery elm
of thorough wort
of tobacco
of valerian
of Virginia snakeroot
Inspissated juices, (see extracts)
laudanum
Lead plaster -
Lenitive electuary
Lime water -
Liniment of ammonia
237
121
107
93
157
■ of amnion, with tart. ant. ib.
of cantharides - 159
of lime water ib.
of soap and opium 161
of subacetatc of lead 187
Liquid acetate of ammonia 73
Lisbon diet drink - 115
Litharge plaster, (see lead plaster)
Lunar caustic - 87
Magnesia - - 161
mixture - 167
— water - 83
249
181
121
Milder ointment of nitrate of mer. 251
Mixture of ammoniacum and ant. 165
Mercurial ointments
- pills
plaster
of carbonate of lime
Muriate of ammonia and iron
of antimony
of baryta
of gold
Musk mixture
ivlyrrh mixture
Nitrate of silver
Nitric oxide of mercury
Oil of amber -
— of anise
— of fennel -
— of juniper ••
— of lavender
— of monarda
— of origanum
— of partridge berry
— of pennyroyal
— of peppermint -
— of pimento
— of rosemary
— of sassafras
— of spearmint -
ib.
135
77
89
ib.
169
167
87
139
173
169
171
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
173
171
ENGLISH INDEX.
271
Oil of worroseed - 169
Oiutment of American hellebore 257
of ammo. sub. of mere. 253
of cantbarides 249
of galls - - ib.
of grey oxide of mere. 251
of impure oxide of zinc 257
— — of nitrate of mercury 251
• of the nitric ox. of mer. ib.
of nitrous acid 247
— of rose water - ib.
of the subac. of copper 249
of subcarbonate of lead 253
of thornapple - 255
Opiated tincture of camphor 223
Opodeldoc - - 159
Oxide of antimony - 79
of zinc- -- 263
Oxidated oil of amber - 173
Oxymel of squill - 163
Oxy muriate of mercury - 139
Paregoric elixir - 223
Peppermint water - 85
Pills of aloes aud coloeynth 175
of aloes and myrrh ib.
of aloes, myrrh and guaicum 177
of arsenic - ib.
of com. ex. of oolocynth 179
of gamboge aDd scammony 181
of muriate of gold 179
of myrrh and iron 183
of opium - ib.
of oxy muriate of mercury 181
of squill - 185
of subcarbonate of soda ib.
of submuriate of mercury 183
of sulphate of iron 179
Phosphate of iron - 135
of soda - 201
Plaster of cantbarides, (see cerate)
Potass
■ of iron
with lime
water
121
187
191
83
197
205
Powder of aloes and cauella
of the amalgam of tin
of ipecac, and sulph. cop. 197
of ipecacuanha and opium 199
• of tin
Precipitated carbonate of iron
sulphuret of antim.
Prepared carbonate of iron
of zinc
impure carbon, of zinc
— — — subacetate of copper
205
133
81
133
93
263
109
Page
Prepared sulphuret of antimony 81
Prussic acid - - 67
Purified filings of iron - 135
mercury - 141
vinegar - 83
Red oxide of iron - - 135
precipitate - 139
sulphuret of mercury - 145
Resin cerate 97
plaster - - 123
with cantharides ib.
Rochelle salt - - 195
Rose water - 85
Rust of iron - - 133
Salt of tartar - - 193
Savin cerate - 99
Seltzer water - 83
Simple cerate - - 101
ointment - 253
syrup - - 215
Soap cerate 99
Soda water - 83
Soluble tartar - 195
Solution of alkaline iron 137
of ammoniaret of copper 109
of muriate of baryta 01
of lime 93
of oxymuriate of mercuryl41
of potass - - 189
of subcarbonate of potass 193
of sulphate of copper 109
Spearmint water - - 85
Spirit of lavender - 203
of mindererus - 73
of nitrous ether 71
of rosemary - - 203
of sulphuric ether 69
Strengthening plaster - 121
Subcarbouate of potass - 193
Submuriate of mercury - 141
Subnitrate of bismuth 91
Sugar of lead - - 187
Sulphate of potass - 193
of zinc mixture - 169
Sulphur ointment - 255
Sulphuric ether - - 67
Sulphuret of potass - 207
of soda - - ib.
Supercarbonate of potass 195
Sweet tincture of rhubarb 239
Syrup of balsam of tolu - 215
of buckthorn - 209
of garlic - - 207
of ginger - 217
of meadow saffron - 209
272
ENGLISH INDEX.
Syrup of orange peeJ
of rhubarb
with senna
of sarsaparilla
and giiaiac
nfsnakeroot
of squill
of vinegar
Tar ointment
pills
Tartar emetic
Tartarized antimony
Tartrate of iron
of potass
and soda
Tincture of acetate of iron
of aloes
and myrrh
- of angustura
- of assafcetida -
-ofbloodroot
- of black hellebore
-of camphor
- of cantharides
-of cardamom
-of castor
- of catechu
■ of Cayenne pepper
- of C. pep. and cantha.
-of cinnamon
■ of columbo
■ of foxglove
< of gentian
- of green hellebore
-ofguaiaciim
• of henbane
' of hop
- of jalap
■ of muriate of iron
■ of kino
• of lavender
■ of musk
■ of myrrh
• of opium
Page
209
211
ib.
213
ib.
215
ib.
207
253
185
81
ib.
137
19ft
ib.
229
219
ib.
221
ib.
239
231
221
223
225
ib.
ib.
223
ib.
227
ib.
ib.
229
245
231
233
231
233
229
233
ib.
235
ib.
237
Tincture of peppermint
of peruvian bark
of quassia
of rhubarb
and aloes
and gentian
of soap and opium
of spearmint
of sulphuric acid
of tabacco
of tolu
of thornapple
of valerian
of Virginia snakeroot
Tobacco liniment -
Troches of carbonate of lime
■ of liquorice and opium
of magnesia
Turpeth mineral
Turner's cerate
Warner's gout cordial -
Water of ammonia
of carbonate of ammonia
of orange peel
White precipitate
mixture
Wine of aloes
of tartarized antimony
of ipecacuanha
of iron
of meadow saffron
of opium
of rhubarb
of white hellebore
of tobacco
Yellow subsulphate of mercury
Vesicating plast. (see cerate of can.)
Vinegar of opium - 61
of squill - ib.
Volatile linim. (see linim. of am.)
salt, (nee carbon, of arum.)
Vitrified oxide of antimony 79
ox. of antimony with wax ib.
Vitriolated tartar 193
.
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to the Pharmacopoeia, said, "It is with no or-
dinary satisfaction that 1 announce officially the
completion of a work which constitutes an Era
in our National Medical History. The benefit
will extend to every physician and ultimately to
every patient in the United States. We search
the annals of the Medical World, in vain, for
such a precedent."
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